〈111〉 and 〈001〉,〈100〉 preferentially oriented calcium-modified lead titanate thin films have been studied. Effects of the substrate annealing and post-crystallization thermal treatment of the films on the texture and ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric properties have been analyzed and discussed. The annealing of the substrate has effect on the texture of 〈001〉,〈100〉-oriented films and, as a consequence, produces an increase in the net polarization in the perpendicular direction to the plane of the film and in the pyroelectric coefficient. The annealing of the substrate does not affect the texture of 〈111〉-oriented films, but the electrical properties at the electrode–substrate interface and, as a consequence, gives place to high internal electric fields leading to the highest spontaneous piezo- (5 pm V−1) and pyroelectric coefficients (25.0×10−9 C cm−2 K−1). The asymmetry that characterizes the functional properties of 〈111〉-oriented films under poling with negative or positive polarity is also consequence of such a high internal field. This is accompanied with a remarkable field stability of the piezoelectric d33 coefficient when poling in the sense of the spontaneous polarization (d33∼45 pm V−1 under ±200 kV cm−1). The application of post-crystallization thermal treatment results in an enhancement of the ferroelectric and pyroelectric properties in all the films, by liberation of domains that were clamped by charged defects. Both the substrate and post-crystallization film annealing treatments lead to reach the highest values of remanent polarization (43 μC cm−2), pyroelectric coefficient (42.0×10−9 C cm−2 K−1), and figure of merit [13.3×10−6 (N m−2)−1/2] reported to date for sol-gel PTC films.