Thérèse (1986), The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), Fanny and Alexander (1982), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Bishop's Wife (1947), Daens (1992), The Proposition (2005), Don't Look Now (1973) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Bishop movies.
Storyline: A skeptical Bishop sends a broken priest as Postulator to investigate the possible beatification of a simple, devout woman whose death caused a statue of the Virgin Mary to bleed upon and cure a girl with terminal lupus. The politically weary priest unknowingly embarks on a spiritual journey that rebuilds his shattered faith and life.—Jim Norman <jnorman1@qwest.net>
Plot Keywords: priest, bishop, daughter, atheist, intense, moving, solemn ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This propaganda piece starts in 1933. Prof. Nichols' American school in Berlin is next door to a school for the Hitler Youth. Karl, from the latter, is attracted to German-American Anna, but events lead to their separation. Six years later, near the outbreak of war in Europe, Anna is removed from Nichols' school on presumption of German citizenship. Nichols becomes obsessed with finding her, as Anna undergoes a rather lurid odyssey through the Nazi nightmare.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: professor, student, nazi, hitler youth, bishop, bleak, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: 1429. While the war between France and England (the Hundred Years War) appeared settled in 1420, in England's favour, the death of King Henry V of England reignites it. England occupies large areas of France and appears set to take the whole of it. Into this moment of crisis rides legendary Joan of Arc, a teenage girl who claims to be lead by divine visions.
Plot Keywords: bishop, warrior, priest, soldier, martyr, brash, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this follow-up to "The Trouble with Angels", the wry but wise Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy For Girls accompanies a group of nuns including modern, progressive Sister George, with their high-spirited students on a bus trip across America to a California peace rally. Along the way, they encounter a series of adventures that include multiple bus problems, an overnight stay at a Catholic school for boys run by Father Chase, a Western dude ranch owned by millionaire Mr. Farriday, a flamboyant movie director shooting a Western on location, and a bunch of menacing biker toughs.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: nun, movie producer, woman, student, millionaire, bishop, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.
Plot Keywords: bishop, teen girl, monk, peasant, witness, brooding, solemn ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is hurt while performing, she is taken to the house of a nearby minister, John Hartley. As she recuperates, they fall in love with each other and secretly marry. But when the truth leaks out , John's congregation rebels at having a circus woman as their minister's wife, and he is fired. Polly decides to leave John in hopes of giving back to him the calling that means so much to him. But fate steps in and rearranges all plans.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: trapeze artist, minister, doctor, bishop, uncle, melodramatic, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After years of disagreeing on what true happiness, success, and love really are, Dave and Clarice Johnson have finally reached a breaking point in their marriage. When Clarice is hurt in a car accident, the obvious truth that more than just her injuries need immediate attention is exposed. Their odds of making it worsen as Clarice begins to see a physical therapist, and Dave develops a friendship with Julie and her teenage son Bryson. The acceptance and comfort he finds in them stirs his longing for a family and a passionate partner. As temptation tugs at Dave and Clarice pulls farther away, they must confront whether their vows are or are NOT EASILY BROKEN.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: husband, wife, mother, physical therapist, teen boy, bishop, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young slave girl, Anna, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2nd Century Smyrna and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the Christians. When the Roman proconsul demands that all citizens worship Caesar to show their allegiance to Rome, Polycarp and the Christians must find courage to stand for their faith against the growing threat of persecution. Anna is forced to come to grips with the truth and choose whom she is willing to live-and die-for.—Scott Eash
Plot Keywords: slave, young girl, christian, bishop, calm, engaging, fascinating ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A middle-aged hired gun named Print (Aaron Stielstra) is obsessed with having style and poetry to his assassinations. He has been working with loyalty for his boss, Mr. Paul (Montgomery Ford), for years. But his latest assignment - the killing of a brothel owner (Dan van Husen) who mandates cruel abortions on his whores - presents two challenges: he must train a young understudy during the assignment, and he's been told to pull off the killing "quick and dirty" -- which may not leave time for Print's usual, obsessively imaginative methods.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: young girl, bishop, wife, emotional, attic, fate, amish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have philosophical differences with the church, most specifically the senior parish priest, Father Paul Schaeffer. In dealing with the incident of one of his young parishioners - a student at the church's school, he who came from a less than privileged background unlike most parishioners - Greg meets social worker and divorcée Pamela Gibson, who is able to live in comfort the result of the divorce settlement. Despite their differences in how to deal with the incident in question, Greg and Pamela begin a sexual relationship. Having already questioned his career path prior to Pamela entering his life, Greg has to decide where the church and Pamela fit into his future.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: priest, social worker, bishop, mother, parishioner, brooding, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Dennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church. Not only has he been asked to coach a group of non-basketball players in his church but the bishop has demanded that he lead the team to the Basketball Championship. Word from the top is that this is the last season of church ball and Bishop Linderman isn't about to have his team lose for the 20th year in a row in the last season of church ball history! What was supposed to strengthen the body, invigorate the mind and cultivate brotherly love seems to bring out the worst in these church-going ball players. Dennis must find a way to bring his team together and build unity along the way to win the championship or go down in church ball history as the worst team that ever played.—HaleStorm Entertainment
Plot Keywords: basketball coach, bishop, basketball player, teammate, lighthearted, uplifting, basketball court ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Mystic, maiden, martyr - whatever you choose to call her, it is difficult to dispute that Joan of Arc led a remarkably accomplished life for a peasant girl who never went to school ... and never saw her 20th birthday. It all began in 1429, when a teenage girl from a remote village in France stood before the world and announced she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country.
Plot Keywords: bishop, warrior, priest, soldier, martyr, brash, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When the evil Prince Albert (Jim Holt) unearths an antiquated legal clause specifying that a Danish royal such as Prince Edvard (Luke Mably) cannot ascend to the throne if he should marry a commoner, plans for the nuptials of Edvard and Paige (Kam Heskin) screech to a halt. Before they can dive headfirst into marital bliss, Paige must debunk the law and stop the alternate plan for an arranged marriage between Edvard and Princess Kirsten (Clemency Burton-Hill), Albert's daughter.
Plot Keywords: prince, princess, queen, king, bishop, commoner, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
Plot Keywords: bishop, leader, police detective, journalist, investigator, bleak, disturbing ...
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