You do not have to look hard to find movies and television shows that celebrate the (sometimes unexpected) gift of life.

We're told the pope abstains from TV, but likes a good movie. Here's some suggestions from America staff and contributors.

An austere film about a drummer going deaf finds revelation in the quiet moments.

She has faced ultra-powerful, god-like monsters. This time the true opponent is quite different.

Have we seen the end of motion pictures as we knew them?

“Our bodies are mortal, but our soul is, by its nature, immortal and created to spend eternity with God,” says Dawn Eden Goldstein.