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Poll: Favorite Movie or Episodic Series Pope Depiction?

Which of these depictions of an individual who is or will become a movie, television or streaming media pope is the most worthy of your devotion?

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Anthony Quinn in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Anthony Quinn as Pope Kiril I,
born as Kiril Lakota (fictional pope)

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Jude Law in The Young Pope (2016)

Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII,
born as Lenny Belardo (fictional pope)

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Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes (2019)

Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis,
born as Jorge Bergoglio (real-life pope)

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Jeremy Irons in The Borgias (2011)

Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI,
born as Rodrigo Borgia (real-life pope)

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Johanna Wokalek in Pope Joan (2009)

Johanna Wokalek as Pope Joan,
born as Ioannes Anglicus (papal legend)

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Peter O'Toole in The Tudors (2007)

Peter O'Toole as Pope Paul III,
born as Alessandro Farnese (real-life pope)

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John Malkovich in The New Pope (2020)

John Malkovich as Pope John Paul III,
born as John Brannox (fictional pope)

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Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes (2019)

Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict XVI,
born as Joseph Ratzinger (real-life pope)

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James Faulkner in Da Vinci's Demons (2013)

James Faulkner as Pope Sixtus IV,
born as Francesco della Rovere (real-life pope)

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Trey Parker in South Park (1997)

Trey Parker as Pope Benedict XVI,
born as Joseph Ratzinger (real-life pope)

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John Gielgud in The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

John Gielgud as Pope Pius XII,
born as Eugenio Pacelli (real-life pope)

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Michel Piccoli in We Have a Pope (2011)

Michel Piccoli as The Pope,
aka Melville (fictional pope)

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John Goodman in Pope Joan (2009)

John Goodman as Pope Sergius II,
born as Peter di Porca (real-life pope)

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Robbie Coltrane in The Pope Must Diet (1991)

Robbie Coltrane as Pope David I,
born as David Albinizi (fictional pope)

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Alex Borstein, Seth MacFarlane, and Tommy Widmer in Family Guy (1999)

Tommy Widmer as Pope Benedict XVI,
born as Joseph Ratzinger (real-life pope)

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Bob Hoskins in The Good Pope (2003)

Bob Hoskins as Pope John XXIII,
born as Angelo Roncalli (real-life pope)

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Edward Asner in Papa Giovanni: Ioannes XXIII (2002)

Edward Asner as Pope John XXIII,
born as Angelo Roncalli (real-life pope)

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Liv Ullmann in Pope Joan (1972)

Liv Ullmann as Pope Joan,
born as Ioannes Anglicus (papal legend)

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Uwe Ochsenknecht in Luther (2003)

Uwe Ochsenknecht as Pope Leo X,
born as Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici (real-life pope)

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Ruby Wax in Popetown (2005)

Ruby Wax as The Pope
(fictional pope)

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Rex Harrison in The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Rex Harrison as Pope Julius II,
born as Giuliano della Rovere (real-life pope)

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John Gielgud appears as Pope Paul IV

John Gielgud as Pope Pius V,
born as Antonio Ghislieri (real-life pope)

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Ellen Dubin in Lexx (1996)

Ellen Dubin as Pope Rota,
born as Genevieve Rota (fictional pope)

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Marcel Iures and Mathieu Kassovitz in Amen. (2002)

Marcel Iures as Pope Pius XII,
born as Eugenio Pacelli (real-life pope)

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H. Jon Benjamin, George Coe, and Aisha Tyler in Archer (2009)

George Coe as The Pope
(fictional pope)

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Jon Voight in Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005)

Jon Voight as Pope John Paul II,
born as Karol Wojtyla (real-life pope)

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Albert Finney in Pope John Paul II (1984)

Albert Finney as Pope John Paul II,
born as Karol Wojtyla (real-life pope)

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As Karol Wojtyła

Piotr Adamczyk as Pope John Paul II,
born as Karol Wojtyla (real-life pope)

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Raoul Bova in Medici (2016)

Raoul Bova as Pope Sixtus IV,
born as Francesco della Rovere (real-life pope)

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Jack Marston and Scott Mechlowicz in EuroTrip (2004)

Jack Marston as The Pope
and Scott Mechlowicz as the Faux Pope, aka Scott Thomas (both fictional characters)

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Marc Fiorini in Angels & Demons (2009)

Marc Fiorini as Pope Luke I,
aka Baggia (fictional pope)

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Raf Vallone in The Godfather Part III (1990)

Raf Vallone as Pope John Paul I,
aka Lamberto (fictional pope)

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John Gielgud in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

John Gielgud as The Elder Pope
(fictional pope)

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Eugene Greytak in Joe Garagiola/Dennis Wolfberg/Lisa Jane Persky (1987)

Eugene Greytak as Pope John Paul II,
Any Eugene Greytak celebrity double film or TV appearance as Pope John Paul II, The Pope or Karol Wojtyla including: Every Loves Raymond, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Night Court, ALF, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Repossessed (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Sister Act (1992), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), and more. (real-life pope)

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Franco Nero in The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

Another Not Listed Papal Movie, TV or Streaming Media Depiction
(pictured Franco Nero as The Pope (fictional pope)

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