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Ben Hur (1926, 1959)
The Bible- In the Beginning (1966)
Christ and Christ-figures in the cinema:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Forbidden Christ (1950)
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
The Fugitive (1947)
The Gathering (1998)
God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale (1986)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The Green Pastures (1936)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
I Confess (1952)
Intolerance (1917)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
The King of Kings (1926, 1961)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Passion Play of Obergammergau (1898)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Quo Vadis? (1901, 1913, 1924, 1951)
The Robe (1953)
Samson and Delilah (1922, 1949)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Strange Cargo (1940)
The Ten Commandments (1923, 1956)
Tommy (1975)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
- Films with religion-related themes or subjects (religion, churches,
afterlife, ultimate meaning, angels, etc.):
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
L'Age d'Or (1930)
Agnes of God (1986)
All That Money Can Buy (1941)
Les Anges du Peche (1943)
Apocalpse Now (1979)
Beckett (1964)
Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Black Robe (1991)
Boys' Town (1938)
Cabin in the Sky (1941)
The Cardinal (1963)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
The Chosen (1982)
City of Angels (1998) [Wings of Desire]
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Come to the Stable (1949)
Contact (1997)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Crusades (1933)
Daughters in the Dust (1992)
Death Takes a Holiday (1934) -- Meet Joe Black (1998)
Destiny (1921)
The Diary of a Country Priest (1950)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Dr. Faustus (1967)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
The Exorcist (1974)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Francis of Assisi (1960)
Gandhi (1982)
The Given Word (1961)
Going My Way (1944)
The Green Pastures (1936)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Heavens Above! (1963)
He Who Must Die (1957)
Holy Man (1998)
I Love You Rosa (1972)
Ikiru (1952)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Jack Frost (1998)
Joan of Arc (1949)
Man Called Peter (1955)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Michael (1997)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
The Miracle (1950)
The Mission (1986)
Mon Oncle Antoine (1970)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
The Nun's Story (1958)
The Omen (1976)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Pilgrim (1923)
Pollyanna (1960)
The Rapture (1991)
The Razor Edge (1946)
The Road to Heaven (1942)
Romero (1989)
Seven Women (1965)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Star Wars (1977)
Stranger Among Us (1992)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
The Virgin Spring (1959)
A Wedding (1978)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Winter Light (1972)
Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
The Witches of Salem (1957)
The Witness (1985)
The Word (1943)
Yentl (1983)
List of Films
Web sites:
IMDb Internet Movie Databasehttp://us.imdb.com/
Gives details, casts, plot summaries, plot keywords, user comments, fun stuff, connections, etc.
Film reviews
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?
Find a movie
http://www.movielink.com/
References on films and religion
Butler, Ivan. Religion in the Cinema. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1969.
May, John R., and Michael Bird, eds. Religion in Film. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1982.
Miles, Margaret R. Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies. Boston: Beacon press, 1996.
Selected films:
Examples of films:
Biblical Spectaculars
