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- DirectorHenry KingStarsJennifer JonesCharles BickfordWilliam Eythe14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
- DirectorAlberto RondalliStarsAntonio BuílRenato CarpentieriLucio AlloccaA look at the life of the famous Italian friar from his entry in the convent at age 15 to his death in 1968. His first inclination to mysticism and his faith journey leading to the controversial stigmata gave him an incredible popularity.
- DirectorGiulio BaseStarsMichele PlacidoBarbora BobulovaFabio CamilliThe story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's friend, to a Vatican official reviewing Padre Pio's potential canonization. We watch local people venerate the humble Capuchin monk, we see petty jealousies within the Church almost bring him down, and we experience his decision to build a Home for the Relief of Suffering, a labor of love begun just after World War II. Emilia and her husband Dr. Sanguineti work tirelessly beside the humble but sensible Pio.
- DirectorAmedeo GianfrottaStarsAntonio AlloccaFabio CarboneMariano Di MartinoFollows the life of Jo Donatello, who would like to be a Neapolitan singer like his father but finds himself unwillingly entangled in the bad world of petty crimes, doing dangerous clandestine races supervised by the shady Don Franco.
- DirectorLeonardo DefilippisStarsLindsay YounceLeonardo DefilippisPatti DefilippisThe mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.
- DirectorGeorges FranjuStarsEmmanuelle RivaPhilippe NoiretEdith ScobUnhappy in her marriage to a boring man who doesn't love her, a woman plans to get rid of him by slowly increasing the dosage of his medication.
- DirectorEverardo GonzálezStarsRita La Pointe
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsMaximilian SchellRicardo MontalbanLea PadovaniIn 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.
- DirectorJim JohnsonStarsAudrey DaltonCarl EsmondMiriam GoldinaThe story of a Jewish woman who became a Carmelite and died for her faith in the Auschwitz concentration camp
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAldo FabriziGianfranco BelliniPeparuoloA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
- DirectorPamela Mason WagnerStarsRobert Sean LeonardLiev Schreiber
- DirectorUmberto MarinoStarsDaniele LiottiEnrico BrignanoJosé SanchoDepiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
- DirectorDaehong KimStarsChris CoppolaNicolai DorianRoss McCall
- DirectorPál Bokor
- DirectorLeandro CastellaniStarsBen GazzaraPatsy KensitKarl ZinnyThis film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888). He dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin. He was the founder of the Salesian order, which today runs schools and vocational centres about the world. Don Bosco strives against official obstruction in Church and State to establish his refuges. Escaping an assassination attempt, he goes to Rome, where the Pope endorses his work. He dies with his work complete.
- DirectorLodovico GaspariniStarsFlavio InsinnaLina SastriCharles DanceThe life of Saint Don Bosco.
- DirectorGoffredo AlessandriniStarsGian Paolo RosminoFerdinando MayerMaria Vincenza StiffiBiopic about the founder of a 19th century religious order dedicated to ministering to homeless boys.
- DirectorPaul CoxStarsDavid WenhamKate CeberanoJan DecleirThe true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
- DirectorGiulio BaseStarsMassimo BonettiLuisa RanieriFlavio InsinnaThe life of the virgin and martyr Santa Maria Goretti.
- DirectorJean DelannoyStarsSydney PennyEmmanuelle RivaCatherine de SeynesBernadette knows she's been chosen to be the Bride of the Lord.
- DirectorGiacomo CampiottiStarsTeresa AcerbisEttore BassiFederica BauBakhita is captured as a slave as a child, a Viennian man sees her. Many years later the man has returned to do business and recognizes her. After saving her, he takes her back to his home. The other servants think she's the devil due to her black skin, but the daughter of the house chooses her as her nanny.
- 2001–201149m7.7 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorMick GoldStarsSamuel WestSalvador DalíDawn AdesAn examination of Salvador Dali's 1951 painting "Christ of St. John of the Cross." A convert to Catholicism and banished from the Surrealists, Dali finds inspiration in a drawing by a Catholic mystic. The work's uneasy home in Glasgow.