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This is a list of films condemned by the National Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization. The National Legion of Decency was established in 1933 and reorganized in 1965 as the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (NCOMP). Under each of these names, it rated films according to their suitability for viewing, assigning a ...
Films about Catholicism, involving the Catholic Church, which maintains that it practises the original Christian faith taught by the apostles, preserving the faith infallibly through scripture and sacred tradition as authentically interpreted through the magisterium of the church. Catholicism portal; Film portal
1960 June 17 Richard Brooks Francis of Assisi: 1961 July 12 Michael Curtiz: King of Kings: 1961 October 20 Nicholas Ray: Jnaanasundari: 1961 December 21 K. S. Sethumadhavan: Barabbas: 1961 December 23 Richard Fleischer: Satan Never Sleeps: 1962 July 12 Leo McCarey: Snapaka Yohannan: 1963 March 31 P. Subramaniam: Lilies of the Field: 1963 ...
The 45 movies are divided equally into three categories—religion, values, and art—with no order of importance placed on the films. The council was careful not to regard the films on the list as the "best", or most important, saying: "not all that deserve mention are included".
Film historian Bernard F. Dick wrote: "Although the Legion was never officially an organ of the Catholic Church, and its movie ratings were nonbinding, many Catholics were still guided by the Legion's classifications." [3] In 1965, The National Legion of Decency was reorganized as the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (NCOMP). In ...
Following is a list of highest-grossing religious films Grosses presented here are worldwide box office receipts. Films must have surpass $1 million. Films must have surpass $1 million. Rank
Pages in category "Films critical of the Catholic Church" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The film follows documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney as he examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church system through the story of four deaf men—Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn and Arthur Budzinski—who set out to expose the priest who abused them during the mid-1960s at St. John's School for the Deaf.