00:00All eyes are on the Vatican as the world awaits a new Pope.
00:03The Conclave begins this week, and if you're looking for interesting Pope-related content
00:07while on standby for that white smoke, here are five movies and TV shows that dive into
00:12the centuries-old tradition.
00:14The Pope is dead.
00:17The throne is vacant.
00:21First up, we have 2024's Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, who is
00:26tasked with overseeing the election after the sudden death of the pontiff.
00:30The political thriller explores the Conclave process while also diving into questions surrounding
00:35faith and the fight for power.
00:37The film received eight Oscar nominations and one Best Adapted Screenplay.
00:41Hopes can't resign.
00:42If you do this, you will damage the papacy forever.
00:45Next, 2019's The Two Popes, starring Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins.
00:50The film is inspired by true events and follows intimate conversations between two popes.
00:54Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who would go on to become the renowned Pope
00:59Francis.
01:00The film earned three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for Jonathan Pryce and
01:06Best Supporting for Anthony Hopkins.
01:08Starting today, you have to lead the church.
01:11One billion people.
01:13One-fifth of the world's population.
01:14Do you understand what I'm saying?
01:16Then we have 2016's The Young Pope, a 10-episode miniseries which stars Jude Law as a newly elected
01:22young American Pope Lenny Bilardo or Pope Pius XIII, hoping to shake up the Catholic Church
01:28with radical New Age ideals.
01:30A follow-up sequel series from Paolo Sorrento was created in 2020 called The New Pope.
01:35The Illuminati were a secret society dedicated to scientific truth.
01:40Next, we have 2009's Angels and Demons, based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel and starring
01:45Tom Hanks.
01:45The film is a thriller that unfolds during a conclave in the Vatican and follows a symbologist
01:50who is brought in to stop a mysterious Illuminati plot that unravels after the sudden death
01:55of the current Pope.
01:57Do you accept election?
02:00You must answer now.
02:04I accept.
02:05And finally, we have 1968's The Shoes of the Fisherman.
02:08The film follows a Ukrainian archbishop who gets released from a Soviet labor camp and,
02:13in a twist, ends up becoming the Pope during a time of global crisis.
02:17The film was nominated for two Oscars.
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