Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "seminarian"

1. Taste of Cherry (1997)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

An Iranian man drives his car in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.

Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Homayoun Ershadi, Abdolhosein Bagheri, Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari, Safar Ali Moradi

Votes: 37,051 | Gross: $0.31M

2. High Spirits (1988)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Fantasy

When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Donal McCann

Votes: 10,725 | Gross: $8.58M

3. Viy (1967)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young priest is ordered to preside over the wake of witch in a small old wooden church of a remote village. This means spending three nights alone with the corpse with only his faith to protect him.

Directors: Konstantin Ershov, Georgiy Kropachyov, Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Leonid Kuravlyov, Natalya Varley, Aleksey Glazyrin, Nikolay Kutuzov

Votes: 9,411

4. Four Days in September (1997)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History

Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.

Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães

Votes: 5,402 | Gross: $0.31M

5. Perfect Obedience (2014)

99 min | Drama

Julian, a young seminarian, is sent to live with Los Cruzados de Cristo, where he will have to follow a hard spiritual journey to achieve "the perfect obedience".

Director: Luis Urquiza | Stars: Juan Manuel Bernal, Sebastián Aguirre, Juan Ignacio Aranda, Luis Ernesto Franco

Votes: 1,058

6. Clarita (2019)

85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young woman is apprehended and held by police when they suspect that she is possessed by a demon.

Director: Roderick Cabrido | Stars: Jodi Sta. Maria, Ricky Davao, Arron Villaflor, Alyssa Muhlach

Votes: 543 | Gross: $0.04M

7. Thr3e (2006)

PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopathic murderer whose strange riddles and impossible timelines force three people into a mission to end the game before one or all of them die.

Director: Robby Henson | Stars: Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell, Laura Jordan, Max Ryan

Votes: 4,686 | Gross: $1.01M

8. Il saprofita (1974)

100 min | Drama, Romance

By all accounts, this slick production aims at exposing the corruption of southern Italian Catholicism. A young seminarian who can't be ordained because of a speech impediment leaves the ... See full summary »

Director: Sergio Nasca | Stars: Valeria Moriconi, Al Cliver, Janet Agren, Giancarlo Marinangeli

Votes: 124

9. Turn the River (2007)

R | 92 min | Drama

A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.

Director: Chris Eigeman | Stars: Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross

Votes: 1,926

10. The Seminarian (2010)

Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A closeted student at a conservative theological seminary, struggles to come to terms with his nurtured beliefs and coming out to himself, his friends, and his only surviving family member. At this low point mentally and emotionally, Ryan ends up in a troubled online relationship which leads him to question everything he has known about God and Love.

Director: Joshua Lim | Stars: Mark Cirillo, Linda J. Carter, Philip Willcox, Alexander Matute

Votes: 607

11. The Red and the Black (1997 TV Movie)

200 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1827, Berthet, the son of a craftsman and a young seminarian, was tried and sentenced to death for murdering his former mistress, the wife of a notable who had hired him as tutor to his children.

Director: Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | Stars: Carole Bouquet, Kim Rossi Stuart, Judith Godrèche, Claude Rich

Votes: 502

12. The Red and the Black (1954)

205 min | Drama, Romance

It's no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era, his intensely romantic liaisons propel him forward at a pace he cannot control.

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Gérard Philipe, Antonella Lualdi, Antoine Balpêtré

Votes: 694

13. Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.

Director: Daniele Luchetti | Stars: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Massimo Popolizio

Votes: 6,766 | Gross: $0.25M

14. Mass Appeal (1984)

PG | 99 min | Drama

A popular Connecticut priest shields a seminary rebel from the wrath of a stern monsignor.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham

Votes: 1,131 | Gross: $1.95M

15. Red Diaries (2001)

156 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stories of three women: 1) A kept woman's love affairs with many men end up in a bizarre triangle of illicit romances; 2) A homecoming maiden crosses paths with a naive teenaged seminarian ... See full summary »

Director: Maryo J. de los Reyes | Stars: Assunta De Rossi, Pilar Pilapil, Dante Rivero, Anton Bernardo

Votes: 35

16. The Ninth Day (2004)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau

Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.07M

17. Holy Goalie (2017)

95 min | Comedy

When the monks living at a small rural monastery face it being transformed into a hotel due to the lack of income, a newcomer monk convinces them that their only chance is to learn soccer ... See full summary »

Director: Curro Velázquez | Stars: Karra Elejalde, Alain Hernández, El Langui, Macarena García

Votes: 1,916

18. Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer (2021)

101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child. At the request of the doctors observing him, he writes his memoirs to explain his action.

Director: Vincent Le Port | Stars: Dimitri Doré, Jean-Luc Vincent, Roman Villedieu, Alex Fanguin

Votes: 862

19. Fieras en brama (1983)

95 min | Action, Drama

Pedro, who is studying at the seminary to become a priest, returns to his grandfather's ranch after his uncle takes ill. He stays to help out and beautiful Elisa, his uncle"s wife. who is ... See full summary »

Director: Raúl de Anda Jr. | Stars: Valentín Trujillo, Sasha Montenegro, Gilberto de Anda, Eric del Castillo

Votes: 22

20. Las eróticas vacaciones de Stela (1978)

80 min | Comedy

Schoolgirl Stela tries to make the most out of a boring Christmas vacation by playing sex games around about everyone in the place, including a young seminarian, her mother's lover, and the maid.

Director: Zacarías Urbiola | Stars: Azucena Hernández, Teresa Gimpera, Ricardo Merino, Blaki

Votes: 56

21. Sacred Silence (1996)

114 min | Crime, Drama

A young priest crusades against organized crime in his Naples neighbourhood but falls in love with a 13-year old boy. It's the chance the gangsters were waiting for to get rid of the thorn ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Tonino Taiuti, Rosaria De Cicco

Votes: 440

22. Unto the Dusk (2015)

119 min | Drama

Compulsion from parents and relatives cause a youth to reach the seminary. Though pursuing the path of St. Francis of Assissi, the challenges and conflicts in life and seminary transforms ... See full summary »

Director: Sajin Baabu | Stars: Sanal Aman, Shilpa Kavalam, Joseph Mapilasery, Prakriti Dutta Mukherjee

Votes: 46

23. The Last Request (I) (2006)

R | 91 min | Comedy

Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and odd ball characters.

Director: John DeBellis | Stars: T.R. Knight, Danny Aiello, Mario Cantone, Frank Vincent

Votes: 242

24. Balarrasa (1951)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Javier is used to make the best of his military life. When a companion is killed in his place, he makes up his mind and enters religious life. Reencountering his rich and spoiled family ... See full summary »

Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Fernando Fernán Gómez, María Rosa Salgado, Dina Sten, Luis Prendes

Votes: 174

25. Making the Boys (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Gay Rights Movement, the film explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to ... See full summary »

Director: Crayton Robey | Stars: Edward Albee, Joe Allen, Matt Baney, David Carter

Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.03M

26. Aquarians (2017)

103 min | Drama

Aquarians is a wintertime drama about a seminary student who returns to his hometown and is compelled to reconnect with his estranged brother.

Director: Michael M. McGuire | Stars: Chandler Massey, Shane Coffey, Tracey Fairaway, Richard Riehle

Votes: 126 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Los chulos (1981)

87 min | Comedy

Felix Rebolledo is a pimp who owns a cabaret, two bingos and three dating houses. Now he proposes to open a party room, and for this he has - as he has always done - with the support of the... See full summary »

Director: Mariano Ozores | Stars: Andrés Pajares, Fernando Esteso, Jenny Llada, Alfonso del Real

Votes: 139

28. Sanay (1985)

Drama

The hottest sex symbol on the screen today--Ingratiating herself with man comes second-nature to a sweet young woman.

Director: Artemio Marquez | Stars: Charito Solis, Celia Rodriguez, Rosemarie Gil, Edgar Mande

29. Seminarista (2011)

19 min | Short, Drama

A young Colombian conservative seminarist struggles to choose between his faith and his sexuality after he has a steamy encounter with a flamboyant free-spirited guy during a trip to the US.

Director: Henry Corzo | Stars: Eduardo Santos, Silas Briton, Hans Yunda, Maritza Brikisak

Votes: 25

30. 100 anos na minha ilha (2015 TV Movie)

Documentary

The man who dedicated 100 years of his life to the same island. Former seminarian, head of one of the largest families on the island, civil servant, mayor, writer, journalist and historian. 100 years of seven crafts.

Director: Sandra Cristina Sousa

31. K novym beregam (1969 TV Movie)

60 min | Biography, Music

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Director: Yuriy Bogatyrenko | Stars: Vitali Solomin, Ludmilla Filatova, Valeri Malyshev, Anatoliy Manukhov

32. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Life Born of Fire (2008)

TV-PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The suicide of Hathaway's old friend tests his relationship with Lewis as he must come to terms with ambivalence about his own sexual past.

Director: Richard Spence | Stars: Philip Battley, Matthew Marsh, Ian McNeice, Rachael Stirling

Votes: 877

33. Fugitives (2011–2013)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2011)

TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

El Chele will pay for his betrayal. The fugitives hide out in a spiritual retreat house where passions come to the surface.

Director: Javier 'Fox' Patrón | Stars: Néstor Cantillana, Francisco Reyes, Benjamín Vicuña, Luis Gnecco

Votes: 33

34. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2022)
Episode: Abito (2014)

TV-14 | Biography, Drama, Romance

How did young Efren, the famous healing priest, discover his gift of healing and his ability to see the souls of departed people? What were the hardest trials that put his faith to the test?

Director: Garry Fernando | Stars: Nonie Buencamino, John Manalo, Malou De Guzman, Juan Rodrigo

35. Aquarius (2015–2016)
Episode: Home Is Where You're Happy (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Hodiak investigates Art Gladner's death through his late wife Lucille.

Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont

Votes: 442