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

51. John Wycliffe: The Morning Star (1984)

Not Rated | 75 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.

Director: Tony Tew | Stars: Michael Bertenshaw, James Downie, Peter Howell, Barrie Cookson

Votes: 161

52. Messiah (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Third person action adventure about cherub Bob who arrives on Earth in a cyberpunk dystopian future where Satan disguised as the head of the biggest biotech corporation, rules the world in secret. God gave up on Man, but Bob won't.

Director: David Perry | Stars: Scott Barrett, Patrick Berryhill, Shawn Berryhill, Lynel Brown

Votes: 41

53. Flame in the Wind (1971)

120 min | Drama, History

Flame in the Wind is set in the splendor and terror of the Spanish Inquisition and is a gripping drama of heroic Christian faith. Carlos, an earnest young nobleman, faces a choice: the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Katherine Stenholm | Stars: David Hewson, Bob Jones III, Bob Jones Jr., Richard Rupp

Votes: 39

54. The Second Power (1976)

108 min | Drama, History

Carlos, son of Felipe II, has an accident at the Alcazar in Madrid. Ecclesiastical authorities believe it may be due to supernatural forces and investigate the circumstances surrounding the case.

Director: José María Forqué | Stars: Jon Finch, Juliet Mills, Fernando Rey, Verónica Forqué

Votes: 13

55. Joan of Arc: God's Warrior (2015 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life and death of Joan of Arc.

Director: Lucy Swingler | Stars: Helen Castor, Georgia Tennant, Michael Feast

Votes: 79

56. Bride of Fire (2000)

113 min | Drama, Romance

Ahlam who is studying medicine in the college is in love with Dr. Parviz and wants to marry him. But according to her tribe's laws and traditions she must marry her cousin Farhan. She decides to face her family and find a solution.

Director: Khosrow Sinai | Stars: Mehdi Ahmadi, Ghazal Saremi, Hamid Farrokhnezhad, Salimeh Rangzan

Votes: 587

57. The Swaggart Seduction (2014 Video)

119 min | Documentary

Pastor Mark Swarbick exposes the corruption, greed, prostitution scandals, heresies, false doctrine, and cult-like behavior within Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.

Director: Mark Swarbick | Stars: John Camp, Rosemary Garcia, Marvin Gorman, Ann Rowe Seaman

58. Warhammer 40, 000: Chaos Gate (1998 Video Game)

Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Turn-based video game set in the gothic science fiction world of "Warhammer 40,000". The player controls Space Marines that can be assigned to a general-purpose squad or to one of three specializations: Assault, Devastator or Terminator.

Stars: Steven J. Clayton, Jay Iszo, David Lenthall, Mark Jeffrey Miller

Votes: 42

59. Damnatus: The Enemy Within (2008)

108 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

Fan movie based on Warhammer 40k universe. A holy Inquisitor is sent to a distant planet to inspect rumors of heresy. A band of mercenaries is hired to find the heretics' base in an abandoned industrial complex, but something awakens.

Director: Huân Vu | Stars: Benjamin Ade-Thurow, Günther Arnulf, Ernst Bamert, Norbert Bauschatz

Votes: 132

60. Les Cathares (2001 TV Movie)

87 min | Documentary, History

Times are rough, violent, conducive to the deepest questioning, the Holy Scriptures are reread and interpreted. For the Cathars, God could not have created a world so inhabited by evil.

Director: Chema Sarmiento | Stars: Dominique Baudis, Anne Brenon, Olivier De Robert, Jean Duvernoy

Votes: 8

61. Word of Faith Teachers: Origins and Errors and Their Teaching (2012)

178 min | Documentary

A responsible look at the major doctrines which separate this movement from historic biblical Christianity. Its origins and errors are documented with evidence and fact.

Director: Keith Thompson | Stars: John Avanzini, Morris Cerullo, Kenneth Copeland, Jan Crouch

Votes: 13

62. Heretic II (1998 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A medieval action game that follows the story of Heretic.

Stars: Daniel Riordan, Wally Wingert, Rebecca Kyler Downs, Kay E. Kuter

Votes: 110

63. The Coming (2008 Video)

108 min | Drama

A down-and-out tabloid newspaper reporter gets a tip that a man claiming to be Jesus Christ is being held in a nearby mental institution. He assumes it is a routine story until he finds out... See full summary »

Director: Richard Geiwitz | Stars: Marcus Christian, Dave Ellis, Leanna Foglia, James Foxx

Votes: 7

64. The Last Heretic

120 min | History, Horror | Announced

A small rural town is shocked when a local Anabaptist preacher claiming to have exorcised demons from a young child becomes possessed himself.

Director: Rowan M. Ashe

65. Cinnamon Hill (2004)

18 min | Drama, Short, Music

In an attempt to rein her in, a plantation owner binds his female ward to him by shame. Will the birth of their child mean freedom or a shackle to the past? An elegy for the souls that ... See full summary »

Director: Tara Raquel Cates | Stars: Louis Laberge-Cote, Jackie Richardson, Ma'at Zachary

66. Pier Paolo Pasolini: Heretic (1995 TV Special)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Simon Callow, Pier Paolo Pasolini

67. A Heretic's Primer on Love and Exertion (2007)

Short

Identically dressed and with sibling-like resemblance, performance artists Trevor Martin and Kym Olsen shift between spoken word and athletic dance choreography in a collection of 29 scenes... See full summary »

Director: Daniele Wilmouth | Stars: Trevor Martin, Kym Olsen

68. Kafir (2007)

9 min | Short, Drama

A man who believes God, he is very religious. He hates the heretics. And one day all his trues change.

Director: Haktan Kaan Icel | Stars: Ege Güner, Atillahan Karagedik, Gokhan Kucuk, Mustili

69. Der Mantel des Ketzers (1989 TV Movie)

55 min | Drama

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Director: Peter Vogel | Stars: Hans Bergermann, Uta Eisold, Lothar Förster, Michael Gerber

70. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Chosen Realm (2004)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise is taken over by religious zealots who want to use the ship in a war against heretics.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,656

71. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Avalon: Part 2 (2005)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Upon finding Merlin's testing grounds, Dr. Jackson, Teal'c, Col. Mitchell, and Vala uncover the hidden treasure including a book that tells the story of the Ancients coming to Earth from another galaxy and a strange alien device.

Director: Andy Mikita | Stars: Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Beau Bridges

Votes: 1,033

72. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: The God Gambit (1985)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After a battle in space, Cosmos lands on a planet inhabited by superstitious beings. The Decepticons follow and Astrotrain convinces the natives that he is a god.

Directors: Andy Kim, Bob Kirk, Al Kouzel, Bob Matz, Norm McCabe, Margaret Nichols, Karen Peterson, Tom Ray, Robert Shellhorn, Bob Treat, Terry Lennon | Stars: Jack Angel, Michael Chain, Christopher Collins, Peter Cullen

Votes: 129

73. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Ribos Operation: Part Three (1978)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Graff takes the Doctor, Romana and Garron prisoner and then sets about trying to track down Unstoffe and the jethryk.

Director: George Spenton-Foster | Stars: Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt

Votes: 514

74. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Ribos Operation: Part Four (1978)

TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Doctor returns to the city to keep an eye on the Graff, leaving Romana, K9 and Garron to search for Unstoffe and the first segment.However, Garron double crosses them and steals the tracer.

Director: George Spenton-Foster | Stars: Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt

Votes: 518

75. The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (1991– )
Trump on Hannity; Judge Hidalgo & Tacos! Elizabeth Warren to Ban Electoral College (2019 Podcast Episode)

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Director: Jesse Lee Peterson | Stars: Jesse Lee Peterson, James Hake

76. Secret Files of the Inquisition (2006– )
Episode: Root Out Heretics (2006)

Documentary

In 1308 Pope Gregory IX enlists the Dominicans to root out and destroy a sect know as the Cathars which renounce all the rituals of the Catholicism in favor of simple spiritualism. This ... See full summary »

Director: David Rabinovitch | Stars: Colm Feore, Alex de Matos, Tracy Dethlefs, Michèle Duquet

Votes: 16

77. Secret Files of the Inquisition (2006– )
Episode: The Tears of Spain (2006)

Documentary

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Directors: Colin King, David Rabinovitch | Stars: Colm Feore, Raoul Bhaneja, Nicola Carpi-Neli, Alfonso Dominguez

Votes: 17

78. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Let Us Ask the Maiden (2009)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a young Jewish man dies suddenly during prayers, Dr. Ogden suspects arsenic poisoning and concludes that others may be falling victim to a poisoner.

Director: Harvey Crossland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris

Votes: 322

79. The Shadow of the Tower (1972)
Episode: The Serpent and the Comforter (1972)

50 min | Biography, Drama, History

King Henry is intrigued by a preacher who is arrested for heresy and speaks with him to persuade him to give up his dissension against the practices of the Catholic Church. The preacher ... See full summary »

Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: James Maxwell, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Ripper, James Bree

Votes: 20

80. The Devil You Know (2019– )
Episode: Angel in the Flesh (2021)

TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Crime

When 22-year-old Shriner follower Kelly Pingilley is found dead in a field, a pattern of expulsion is established that reveals Steve isn't Sherry's only victim.

Directors: Lana Gorlitz, Zebediah Smith | Star: Linnea Sage

Votes: 31

81. The Tudors (2007–2010)
Episode: You Have My Permission (2010)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, History, Romance

Henry allows Bishop Gardner a free rein in rooting out heretics and sets his eyes on the soon-to-be-widowed Catherine Parr.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, Lothaire Bluteau, Sarah Bolger

Votes: 543

82. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: Evil Punishments Designed to be Worse Than Death (2022)

22 min | Documentary, Animation

When human ingenuity turns malevolent.

83. ReligionForBreakfast (2014– )
Episode: The Origins of the Antichrist (2022)

Documentary

The early Christian perception of the Antichrist was that of the heretics based on the Letters of John. The concept of the supervillain opposing Christ evolved over the next few centuries ... See full summary »

Star: Andrew M. Henry

84. Dante (2024)
Episode: Part Two: Resurrection (2024)

TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary

Explore Dante's experience in exile, and his completion of the last two parts of the "Comedy," shortly before his death in Ravennain 1321. Interweaving soaring scenes drawn from Purgatory ... See full summary »

Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Esmeralda Seay-Reynolds, Giacomo Rocchini, Catherine Adoyo, Albert Ascoli

Votes: 17

85. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)
Episode: Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take (2015)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Damon is faced with a new reality without the love of his life; Bonnie decides to be Damon's moral compass, and look out for Alaric, who lost his fiancée. Stefan protects the town from Lily; Enzo must decide who he is loyal to.

Director: Pascal Verschooris | Stars: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King

Votes: 1,464

86. Forbidden History (2013– )
Episode: The Lost Treasure of the Templars (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

Jamie explores the theory that the Knights Templar looted treasure from Jerusalem and hid it. Perhaps on an uninhabited island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, or beneath Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland or even in Jerusalem itself.

Director: Bruce Burgess | Stars: Jamie Theakston, Dan Blankenship, Lionel Fanthorpe, Ian Gardner

Votes: 43

87. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)
Episode: I Carry Your Heart with Me (2015)

TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Just as Damon thinks he's gained the upper hand in his fight against Lily, an unexpected turn of events leaves him scrambling for a plan B.

Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt | Stars: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King

Votes: 1,118

88. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)
Episode: Never Let Me Go (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Damon makes a decision that could ruin Lily and Stefan's deal; Alaric needs Bonnie's help with an artifact; Caroline discovers a shocking secret.

Director: Chris Grismer | Stars: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King

Votes: 1,153

89. 12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
Episode: Demons (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Everything changes when the team finally climbs the steps and rings the bell in the Middle Ages.

Director: David Grossman | Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Todd Stashwick, Emily Hampshire

Votes: 859

90. The Name of the Rose (2019)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2019)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, History, Mystery

Young Adso denounces the hedonistic ways of his influential father and joins the enlightened friar, William of Baskerville, as his new apprentice. They arrive at an abbey for an important theological debate but a strange death occurs.

Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: John Turturro, Rupert Everett, Damian Hardung, Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Votes: 409

91. Buried: Knights Templar and the Holy Grail (2018)
Episode: Holy City, Holy Grail (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

A new investigation into the true fate of the Knights Templar is launched. Did the order really fall in 1307? Or did the powerful Knights continue on in secret like some evidence suggests?

Stars: Mikey Kay, Garth Baldwin, Dan Jones, Yehiel Zelinger

Votes: 28

92. His Dark Materials (2019–2022)
Episode: Betrayal (2019)

TV-14 | 56 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

As the Magesterium closes in, Lyra learns more about Asriel's rebellion. But her assistance to him comes at a great personal cost.

Directors: Jamie Childs, William McGregor | Stars: Will Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Dafne Keen

Votes: 3,255