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This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.
Nov 27, 2023 · “The Shift” is an incredibly well written movie set in modern times but based on the story of Job in the Bible. This movie will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. The relationships of the characters are very authentic and most will identify with one or more of the characters at different times in your life.
Mar 28, 2024 · This list includes great biblical movies such as Noah, Ben Hur, and The 10 Commandments. The Bible contains some of the most classic, uplifting, instructive, and epic stories of all time.
- 10 The Greatest Story Ever Told
- 9 The Bible: in The Beginning
- 8 Samson and Delilah
- 7 Quo Vadis
- 6 The King of Kings
- 5 King of Kings
- 4 The Robe
- 3 Barabbas
- 2 The Ten Commandments
- 1 Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ
Considering the talent involved, this should have been the “greatest movie ever made.” With screen credits like Shane, Giant, and A Place in the Sun, director George Stevens was one of the most acclaimed directors in Tinseltown in 1965. Cast as Jesus was acclaimed international star Max von Sydow, renowned for his collaborations with Swedish direct...
One year after Stevens’s epic of the life of Christ, legendary filmmaker and character actor John Huston tackled the Bible by going back to its beginning, literally, in an epic retelling of the book of Genesis. Known for directing such classic films as The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and The African Queen, The Bible: In the Be...
Without question, no director has been more identified with the success of the biblical epic than the man who virtually made a career and millions of dollars producing them, Cecil B. DeMille. In 1949, just fifteen years removed from the production of his violent and sexually charged Roman epic, The Sign of the Cross, DeMille mined the fertile pages...
Director Mervyn Leroy’s epic adaptation of the 1896 novel Quo Vadis was wildly popular with 1951 audiences and was the top-grossing film at the box office that year. Starring Robert Taylor (whose performance would be lampooned in 2016’s Hail, Caesar!), perennial Oscar nominee Deborah Kerr, and a memorable Peter Ustinov as Nero, the movie was nomina...
In an illustrious film career that spanned both the silent and sound eras, Cecil B. De Mille left an indelible mark on film history with Hollywood’s most ambitious attempt to depict the life of Christ in the 1927 film The King of Kings. Starring veteran character actor H.B. Warner (who is probably best known today as “Old Man Gower” from the Christ...
Not to be confused with the silent film from 1927, 1961’s King of Kings was not a literal remake of the DeMille version. Originally titled Son of Man, this updated interpretation of the life of Christ is notable for many reasons. It was directed by auteur Nicholas Ray, one of the most unconventional and perhaps subversive directors of the 1950s. In...
Based on the popular Lloyd C. Douglas novel, the 1953 production of The Robeis probably best known today for being the first Hollywood film shot in the widescreen format Cinemascope. The film was massively popular and made a fortune for 20th Century Fox, raking in over 36 million dollars in the United States alone. The Robe scored well with not onl...
Despite a filmography that included minor classics such as the film noir The Narrow Margin and the Disney sci-fi extravaganza 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, filmmaker Richard Fleischer has also earned the enmity of countless critics for his other movies such as 1975’s Mandingo which Roger Ebert called “racist trash” and 1980’s The Jazz Singerwhich L...
Forget that DeMille veers from Holy Scripture to cultivate a love triangle between Moses, Rameses II, and the Egyptian princess Nefretiri. And discard the occasional misstep in dialogue such as “Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!” that seems plagiarized from a silent screen melodrama. The bottom line is that the 1956 version of Th...
Based on General Lew Wallace’s novel of the same name, 1959’s Ben-Hur was a remake of the 1925 silent film starring Ramon Navarro and Francis X. Bushman. In a gamble to save the faltering MGM studios and to top the box-office success of The Ten Commandments, acclaimed director William Wyler was coaxed into taking on the project with the promise of ...
OVERCOMER is the heartwarming, wonderfully paced, as well as often very funny story of a young new track star named Hannah, who runs to Christ with the help of a basketball coach and her long-lost father. The movie begins with a successful basketball coach losing the last game of the season.
Aug 31, 2014 · As audiences embraced mythology in film again via the popular superhero movies, it awakened a renewed interest in films offering mythological storytelling based on the Bible.
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While the movie does not closely follow the Scriptures and much of the meaning of Passover was ignored, it is very emotionally uplifting. The film does not in any way mock God. He is presented as “I Am the I Am.” The movie should cause many to search the Scriptures and perhaps find Christ.
