Movies and TvShows featuring "priest-as-protagonist" theme.

Father Ted follows the lives of Father Ted Crilly and his fellow priests, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett, who are exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the west coast of Ireland. Despite their best efforts to lead a normal life, they find themselves caught up in bizarre and comedic situations, all while trying to avoid the watchful eye of their Bishop.

The Exorcist is a TV show that follows three protagonists, a Catholic priest, a former priest, and a woman seeking answers, as they battle demonic possession and supernatural forces. The story revolves around their journey to save a possessed girl and unravel the mystery behind the evil spirits.

Father Stu is a movie that follows the life of Father Stuart Long, a former boxer who becomes a priest. The film tells the inspiring story of his journey from self-destruction to redemption, and how he managed to inspire countless people along the way.

A priest struggling with his crisis of faith and morality in a small church is drawn into the world of environmental activism.

In the early 1900s, a young Catholic priest named Francis Chisholm faces various challenges as he tries to build a church and spread Christianity in a remote region of China. Along the way, he deals with personal sacrifices, opposition from different forces, and his own crisis of faith.

Man of God is a powerful biographical drama that tells the story of a priest who faces religious persecution and false accusations in the Ottoman Empire. Set in the late 19th and early 20th century, the film follows the priest's journey of faith, his unjust conviction, and his unwavering commitment to his beliefs.

The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television, Granada Television & Southern Television in 1969. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and last Century 21 production to feature – in a manner similar to Thunderbirds and other earlier series – marionette puppet characters as part of a filming technique known as "Supermarionation". Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. After The Secret Service, Anderson would not work with puppets again until the 1980s, when he produced Terrahawks in "Supermacromation". Episodes of The Secret Service follow the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, a character voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name. Outwardly the parish priest of a rural English village, Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert branch of British Intelligence that combats criminal and terrorist threats from overseas. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, the Father answers to his London-based superior – codenamed "The Bishop" – as he would in his public profession. When faced with the challenge of collecting intelligence in a hostile situation, Unwin and Matthew deploy the "Minimiser", a gadget capable of shrinking Matthew to a fraction of his normal size for the purposes of carrying out secret reconnaissance. A nonsensical gobbledegook of Unwin's formulation is used to confuse and distract enemies when required.

In the spring of 1946 in Johannesburg, South Africa, a priest mourns the loss of his son who has been murdered during a robbery. He soon discovers that his son was involved in a political group fighting against apartheid. As he navigates the racial tensions and the realities of his country, he forms an unlikely friendship with a white police detective. Together, they uncover the truth behind the murder and the corrupt forces feeding the racial divide.

In 'Demons', a group of friends encounters malevolent supernatural forces when they unintentionally summon demons while skinny-dipping. A priest becomes the protagonist as he tries to save them from the evil spirits.

A faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.

Comedy series about comedian Bjarte Tjøstheim, who after a near-death experience decides to quit the popular radio show Radioresepsjonen and start a new and more meaningful life as a priest.

A young priest is sent to battle dark supernatural forces threatening a remote Island community.