Religious films

[Trevor]

Some films with religion as a theme make me feel a little bit 🥴 but there are a few films which, while they have a religious theme are uplifting, to me anyway.

THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE
THE HIDING PLACE
JONI
SIX THE MARK UNLEASHED
GOD'S NOT DEAD*

* My issue with this movie is that it  paints all atheists as bad people which is nonsense.

[RCMerchant]

I like some religious movies. I mean- not those that actually go deep into the theology; something like SPARTACUS (1960) I suppose.
I enjoy the over-the-top exploitive s**t the  Ormands did like BURNING HELL (1974), and IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO? (1971). 

[LilCerberus]

My mom & I went to see China Cry when it came out...
I thought it was okay...

[Rev. Powell]

Tarkovsky movies
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

I'm sure some others might come to mind if I thought about it...

ANIMALIA, which I recently saw, is kind of ambiguously Muslim/spiritual.

Most self-consciously "faith based" movies are awful, making the story (and every other element) subordinate to the screamingly obvious moral their audience came to have reaffirmed.

Some more I thought of: THE TREE OF LIFE, CALVARY (2014)

[pacman000]

Ben-Hur (1959)
It's A Wonderful Life

[Alex]

Some slightly unusual choices perhaps.

Constantine.
Black Death.

[bob]

Dogma (1999)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

The Two Popes (2019)

[Trevor]

Dogma (1999)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

The Two Popes (2019)

One of those was banned here: I'm sure people can easily guess which one. 😉

[bob]

Dogma (1999)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

The Two Popes (2019)

One of those was banned here: I'm sure people can easily guess which one. 😉

obviously, Ben-Hur

[Trevor]

Dogma (1999)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

The Seventh Seal (1957)

The Two Popes (2019)

One of those was banned here: I'm sure people can easily guess which one. 😉

obviously, Ben-Hur

😂😄

Life of Brian actually. I think it's still banned 😳

[claws]

Quoting myself from Trevor's last year Religious Movie thread 

Years of the Beast (1981)

Christian horror sci-fi movie about the rapture. According to reviews, it is more faithful to the bible. IMDb's trivia says Years of the Beast was also shown at churches.
It gives Twilight Zone-ish vibes, is kind of dark and eerie and the horror feels more real.
Unsettling end-of-times movie that gets the message across without preaching. Recommended.

[lester1/2jr]

If you haven't seen "Pamela's Prayer" do yourself a favor https://tubitv.com/movies/532181/pamela-s-prayer

[Trevor]

Quoting myself from Trevor's last year Religious Movie thread 

Years of the Beast (1981)

Christian horror sci-fi movie about the rapture. According to reviews, it is more faithful to the bible. IMDb's trivia says Years of the Beast was also shown at churches.
It gives Twilight Zone-ish vibes, is kind of dark and eerie and the horror feels more real.
Unsettling end-of-times movie that gets the message across without preaching. Recommended.

That's on YouTube: I will give it a watch.

[lester1/2jr]

Year of the Beast is part of a series of films. It was entertaining but I think I liked the earlier one "Thief in the Night" more.

[M.10rda]

I just reviewed STALKED (1968) in "Recent Viewings" and it was produced by the Lutheran Church of America........ it's a weird one though as "religious films" go.