***UPDATE: A few titles got lost in the ole’ cut and paste: Ordet, Passion of Joan of Arc, Leap of Faith, and One Night with the King. I am adding and/or reconsidering others mentioned. By the time I’m done watching all of these, my guess is that I’ll either be a better Christian (not a high bar) or get so sick of religion I become an atheist, like Obama.
In no particular order, other than alphabetical, here is the pool of Christian films I’ll be looking at for the coming Easter holiday countdown. You have no idea how helpful it was to receive suggestions via email, Twitter, and in the comments. I’m embarrassed to admit how many of these great films I might have otherwise overlooked. Not everything nominated by everyone is on this list of nominees. But the only titles I removed were films that I didn’t think qualified as a Christian film for the purposes of this particular countdown.
So here’s your last chance to make your case and change my mind, or to fire off something else that might have been overlooked. I intend to view all of these over the coming weeks. In the end, the ranking will be one that reflects my personal opinion, but within that context, I do intend to be exhaustive. I’ll also try to explain why some didn’t make the cut as the countdown rolls on.
A Man Called Peter
A Man for All Seasons
A Prayer for the Dying
Agony and the Ecstasy, the
Amazing Grace
Andrei Rublev
Angels With Dirty Faces
Apostle, The
Au Hasard Balthazar
Babette’s Feast
Bad Lieutenant
Barabbas
Becket
Bella
Ben-Hur (both versions)
Bishop’s Wife
Black Narcissus
Blind Side, The
Book of Eli, The
Boy’s Town
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Bruce Almighty
Cardinal, The
Chariots of Fire
Come to the Stable
Day of Wrath
Dead Man Walking
Decalogue
Defending Your Life
Devil’s Advocate
Diary of a Country Priest
Dogma
Dracula 2000
El Cid
Elmer Gantry
Exorcism of Emily Rose
Exorcist
Facing the Giants
Fireproof
Flowers of St. Francis
Friendly Persuasion
Fugitive (John Ford)
Ghost Rider
Godspell
Going My Way
Gospel According to St. Matthew
Greatest Story Ever Told
Guys and Dolls
Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
I Confess
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus of Montreal
Jesus of Nazareth
Keys of the Kingdom
King of Kings (both versions)
Knowing, The
Last Sin Eater, The
Last Temptation of Christ, The
Letters to God
Life of Brian, The
Lilies of the Field
Luther
Magnolia
Messenger, The
Michael
Midnight Clear
Millions
Miracle of Marcelino
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Mission, The
Molokai
Nativity, The
Next Voice you Hear, The
Night of the Hunter, The
Ninth Configuration
Nun’s Story
Oh, God!
Omen, The
One Foot in Heaven
Ostrov
Passion of the Christ, The
Places in the Heart
Priest
Prince of Egypt
Purgatory
Quo Vadis
Rapture, the
Road, The
Robe, The
Rookie, The
Sacrifice, The
Scarlet and the Black
Sergeant York
Shadowlands
Shoes of the Fisherman
Sign of the Cross
Signs
Silver Chalice
Song of Bernadette
Sound of Music
Stalker
Story of Ruth
Straight Story
Ten Commandments (both version)
Tender Mercies
Therese
Three Godfathers
End Tip of the Spear
To Save a Life
Viridiana
Wing’s of Desire
Winter Light
Witness
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