Films like Spotlight
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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The Boys of St. Vincent
Film · 1994 · also dramaThe true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
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The Case for Christ
Film · 2017 · also dramaBased on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the new...
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She Said
Film · 2022 · also drama and historyNew York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shatter...
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The Two Popes
Film · 2019 · also drama and historyFrustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the intr...
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Doubt
Film · 2008 · also dramaIn 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
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Small Things Like These
Film · 2024 · also dramaIn 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forci...
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Patriots Day
Film · 2016 · also drama and historyIn the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the cloc...
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Song for a Raggy Boy
Film · 2003 · also drama and historyWilliam Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his jo...
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The Scarlet and the Black
Film · 1983 · also drama and historyFr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become s...
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Romero
Film · 1989 · also drama and historyRomero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social...
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