Robert De Niro's 'The Mission' Is One of the Best Religious Movies Ever

Aside from a few early black comedies, actor Robert De Niro is most widely known for his more violent characters. After playing one of four disturbed brothers in the early 1970s film Blood Mama, De Niro solidified his crime‑genre reputation with iconic roles in The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America, and Heat. Given this palpable reputation, it’s quite surprising that De Niro opted to star in a much more faith-based feature in 1986. That movie also became one of the greatest religious films of all time.
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