December 12, 2025

Young adults share their ‘should-see’ movies for Catholics

Earlier this year, a group of young Catholics shared their “Official List of 100 Movies Every Catholic Should See.”

According to the group’s website, the list was made by young Catholics “who love and appreciate film, with the goal of promoting edifying works of cinema in the hope of inspiring more young Catholics to take up the challenge of Pope John Paul II to move forward in the New Evangelization.”

Some of the movies on the subjective and wide-ranging list are:

  • A Hidden Life
  • Casablanca
  • Chariots of Fire
  • Cinderella Man
  • Fantasia
  • Field of Dreams
  • Going My Way
  • Gran Torino
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • Les Miserables
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Rocky
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Star Wars
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Passion of the Christ
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Shawshank Redemption

For the full list of the 100 movies—and the reasons they are recommended—visit the website, tinyurl.com/MovieList2025. †

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