Charts & Graphs

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

The Catholic Church as film critic.

Films Condemned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • From Russia with Love (1963)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Grease (1978)
  • Thelma & Louise (1991)
  • Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
  • Year One (2009)

Films from the Vatican’s 45 Best Films

  • Nosferatu (1922)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • (1963)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • Chariots of Fire (1981)
  • Gandhi (1982)
  • Schindler’s List (1993)