My favourite religious films

[RileyG]

Some movies have come out in recent time that things are not all bad. Some of them are:
1) Jesus Music
2) Jesus Revolution

And though this movie isn't closely tied to Christianity, it is worth mentioning:
3) Sound of Freedom

I will have to put those three movies on my list, even though I am not an Evangelical

 

[All Becomes New]

I will have to put those three movies on my list, even though I am not an Evangelical

Sound of Freedom isn't really Evangelical at all. In fact, all it really has in it relating to Christianity are a few lines about God and a verse or two. It's not about Christianity at all. But for sure check it out! I was fighting tears through much of it!

 

[RileyG]

Sound of Freedom isn't really Evangelical at all. In fact, all it really has in it relating to Christianity are a few lines about God and a verse or two. It's not about Christianity at all. But for sure check it out! I was fighting tears through much of it!

thanks for the info!

 

[Wings like Eagles]

An older documentary, God Of Wonders is awesome.

 

[splish- splash]

I watched an interesting film about the story of Joshua who took over from Moses when he died, after serving as his helper when he was still alive.

 

[Wings like Eagles]

Watched this last night, what a great story, how the lead singer of MercyMe grew up:

I Can Only Imagine (2018) ⭐ 7.3 | Biography, Drama, Family

1h 50m | PG

www.imdb.com

 

[timothyu]

The is a movie called The Perfect Stranger on youtube that does an excellent job of answering questions related to God

 

[Beslowtoanger]

None taken - Ben Hur is difficult to follow and LONG, must be watched a few times at least .... is it a real Christian film. I guess it depends on the audience, 50/50 but I think so.

The Plot:

Ben-Hur (1959 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Ten Commandments - another great story and movie. Passover hmmm.

I’m sure there is a scene in this where Jesus offers him a cup of water when in bondage? If my memory serves me correctly it’s done so well with shadow and fear of the Roman guards.

 

[Wings like Eagles]

I’m sure there is a scene in this where Jesus offers him a cup of water when in bondage? If my memory serves me correctly it’s done so well with shadow and fear of the Roman guards.

Yes - and Juda Ben-Hur tries to do the same for Jesus when he is carrying the cross.

 

[timothyu]

3 hours of story surrounding 30 seconds.

 

[Beslowtoanger]

Ha ha yes I get it, but still a masterpiece none the less and does have some Christian values.

 

[Wings like Eagles]

3 hours of story surrounding 30 seconds.

Come on now, a little more than 30 seconds, the ending was great:

As Judah witnesses Jesus' crucifixion, Miriam and Tirzah, sheltered in a cave with Esther during a violent storm, are miraculously cured.

Judah, freed of hate, returns to his house and finds them. Embracing, the four rejoice at the miracle.

 

[Sif]

King David (1985). Follows the Biblical account well, for a film. Its major drawback, in my opinion, is it's too short and leave a lot of detail out.

For those interested I believe it is on Amazon Prime.

There is good information on IMDB

 

[Berserk]

(1) "The Mission" (starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons). This movie won first prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and was voted the Best Movie ever on a Spritual Theme by the British Film Academy.
(2) "The Shadowlands" (starring Anthony Hopkins as famed Christian writer, C. S. Lewis)
(3) "Les Miserables" (the version starring Liam Neeson)
(4) "The Song of Bernadette" (Jennifer Jones won an Academy Award for her performance as the visionary girl, Bernadette, whose visions led to the founding of the healing spring at Lourdes.)
(5) "Beyond the Next Mountain" (a Christian movie with poor production values, but with the most incredible true story of a jungle boy's search for a British missionary who was forced to abandon his missionary work with the boy's tribe in northeastern India.)
(6) Jesus Revolution"

 

[Wings like Eagles]

Another one of my favorites:

God's Not Dead 2 (2016) ⭐ 4.3 | Drama, Fantasy

2h | PG

www.imdb.com

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

The Book Of Eli…..Denzil Washington, great concept

This was just on the other night. I saw about the last half.

Interesting how the main characters viewed the power of the book differently.

 

[L.A.M.B.]

Top favs.
Jesus of Nazareth,
The Passion of the Christ, (part 2 The Resurrection will be out in '25 with same producer and actors)
The Ten Commandments,
IMO, the Left Behind series are false since I do not believe in a pretrib rapture.

 

[FireDragon76]

Martin Scorsese's Silence
Roland Joffre's The Mission

 

[Occams Barber]

My vote for best worst Christian movie of all time goes to 'The Ten Commandments' starring Charlton "Cold Hands" Heston.

For his efforts Heston won the Academy Award for Overacting along with an Honourable Mention for 'Best Biblical Permanent Wave Hairdo '

Heston went on to win the Award for 'Best Example of Grim Determination and Gritted Teeth' in the semi-Biblical epic 'Ben Hur'

OB

 

[FireDragon76]

(1) "The Mission" (starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons). This movie won first prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and was voted the Best Movie ever on a Spritual Theme by the British Film Academy.
(2) "The Shadowlands" (starring Anthony Hopkins as famed Christian writer, C. S. Lewis)
(3) "Les Miserables" (the version starring Liam Neeson)

While Victor Hugo's film deals with themes of grace and redemption, Hugo himself identified as a freethinker/deist.

(4) "The Song of Bernadette" (Jennifer Jones won an Academy Award for her performance as the visionary girl, Bernadette, whose visions led to the founding of the healing spring at Lourdes.)

This is arguably one of the best religious-themed films that came out of Hollywood in the period.

I am surprised nobody mentioned the film, A Man Called Peter, about the US chaplain, Peter Marshall.