List of religious films

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This is a list of films with religious themes.

List

YearTitle
1900 Soldiers of the Cross
1909 Heroes of the Cross
1909 The Scottish Covenanters
1916 Civilization
1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 The Ten Commandments
1925 Ben-Hur
1927 The King of Kings
1928 Noah's Ark
1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc
1932 The Sign of the Cross
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
1937 Green Light
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1940 Santa Fe Trail
1941 Sergeant York
1941 One Foot in Heaven
1943 Heaven Can Wait
1943 The Song of Bernadette
1944 Going My Way
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
1945 The Bells of St. Mary's
1947 Black Narcissus
1949 Come to the Stable
1948 Joan of Arc
1950 The Next Voice You Hear...
1950 Stars in My Crown
1951 The Diary of a Country Priest
1951 Quo Vadis
1952 Red Planet Mars
1953 I Confess
1953 Martin Luther
1953 The Robe
1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1955 Ordet
1955 A Man Called Peter
1956 The Burmese Harp
1956 Friendly Persuasion
1956 The Ten Commandments
1957 The Seventh Seal
1959 The Nun's Story
1959 Ben-Hur
1959 The Big Fisherman
1960 Devi
1960 Elmer Gantry
1960 Spartacus
1960 The Story of Ruth
1961 Barabbas
1961 The Hoodlum Priest
1961 King of Kings
1963 The Cardinal
1963 Jacob and Esau
1963 Lilies of the Field
1963 Winter Light
1964 Becket
1964 The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
1966 Andrei Rublev
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1971 The Night God Screamed
1972 Marjoe
1972 Siddhartha
1973 The Exorcist
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar
1974 The Story of Jacob and Joseph
1975 The Hiding Place
1976 The Message
1977–1984 Oh, God! (series)
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 Jesus of Nazareth
1979 Jesus
1979 Joni
1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian
1980 The Blues Brothers
1980 The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
1982 Himala
1986 Saving Grace
1986 The Mission
1987 Divine Mercy: No Escape
1988 Nakausap Ko ang Birhen
1988 Lorenzo Ruiz... The Saint... A Filipino
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 The Seventh Sign
1989 Jesus of Montreal
1989 The Mahabharata
1989 Romero
1990 China Cry
1990 The Exorcist III
1991 The Black Robe
1992 Leap of Faith
1993Divine Mercy: Sa Buhay ni Sister Faustina
1993 Little Buddha
1993 Schindler's List
1994 Jacob
1994 Priest
1995 Dead Man Walking
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 Kristo
1997 The Apostle
1997 Kundun
1997 Ramayanam
1997 Solomon
1998 Ama Namin
1998 Noah
1998 Life is Beautiful
1998 The Prince of Egypt
1999 End of Days
1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 The Omega Code
1999 Joan of Arc
2000 Islam: Empire of Faith
2000–
present		 Left Behind (series)
2001 Escape from Hell
2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2002 The Magdalene Sisters
2002 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
2002 Time Changer
2002 Eight Crazy Nights
2003 Bruce Almighty
2003 Conspiracy of Silence
2003 Flywheel
2003 Luther
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning
2004 The Legend of Buddha
2004 The Passion of the Christ
2005 Constantine
2005 Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
2005 Our Fathers
2005 The Gospel
2006 Deliver Us from Evil
2006 Facing the Giants
2006 Faith Like Potatoes
2006 One Night with the King
2006 The Second Chance
2006 Unidentified
2007 Evan Almighty
2007 Gabriel
2007 Noelle
2007 Noah's Ark
2007 Saint Mary
2007 The Ten Commandments
2008 Abraham: The Friend of God
2008 Doubt
2008 Fireproof
2008Sunday School Musical
2009 The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
2010 Like Dandelion Dust
2010 Preacher's Kid
2010 The Book of Eli
2010 The Kingdom of Solomon
2011 Young Abraham
2011 ?
2011 Courageous
2011 The Tree of Life (film)
2011 Ikaw ang Pag-ibig
2012 Joyful Noise
2012 Krishna Aur Kans
2013 Avalokitesvara
2013 Home Run
2013 Horns
2013 Mahabharat
2013 Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir
2014–
present		 God's Not Dead (series)
2014 Stations of the Cross
2014 Son of God
2014 Noah
2014A Promise
2014 Old Fashioned
2015 Do You Believe?
2015 Muhammad: The Messenger of God
2015 Nanak Shah Fakir
2015 The Path of Zarathustra
2016 Ignacio de Loyola
2016 Joseph & Mary
2016 Miracles from Heaven
2016 Silence
2017 The Star
2018 Come Sunday
2018 Divine Beauty
2018 I Can Only Imagine
2018 Mary Magdalene
2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ
2019 Breakthrough
2019 A Hidden Life
2020 Fatima
2021 The Lady of Heaven
2021 Man of God
2022 Pieces
2022 Why the Nativity?
2023 The Exorcist: Believer
2024 Heretic
2025 Moses the Kalimullah: At Dawn
2025 The King of Kings
2025 The Last Supper
2025 Light of the World
2025 The Testament of Ann Lee
2025 David
2026 Ramayana: Part 1
2026Daniel and the Fiery Furnace
TBA The Way of the Wind

List of highest-grossing religious films

Following is a list of highest-grossing religious films. Grosses presented here are worldwide box office receipts. Films must have surpassed $1 million. Sony Pictures is the most prominent distributor on this list, having eight entries under their name. The Exorcist series has the most films listed, with five in total. Two entries in the Oh, God! trilogy and the God's Not Dead series are also included. The Passion of the Christ has maintained the title of the highest-grossing religious film and highest-grossing independent film since its release in 2004. 2014 is the most prominent year, with five films on this list being released that year.

Contents

Christmas films are not included as they have their own list -- see List of highest-grossing Christmas films.

RankTitleDistributorWorldwide Box OfficeYearReligionReferences
1 The Passion of the Christ Icon Productions $622,313,6352004 Christian [1]
2 Bruce Almighty Universal Pictures $484,592,8742003 [2]
3 The Exorcist Warner Bros. $430,872,7761973 [3]
4 Noah Paramount Pictures $359,200,0442014 [4]
5 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Walt Disney Pictures $325,338,8511996 Roman Catholicism [5]
6 Exodus: Gods and Kings 20th Century Fox $268,175,6312014
7 Sound of Freedom Angel Studios $250,737,8022023 [6]
8 Constantine Warner Bros.$230,884,7282005 [7]
9 The Prince of Egypt DreamWorks Pictures $218,613,1881998 Judaism, Old Testament of Christianity. [8]
10 Evan Almighty Universal Pictures$174,440,7242007 [9]
11 Ben-Hur Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $146,900,0001959
12 The Exorcist: Believer Universal Pictures$137,055,0392023 [10]
13 The Ten Commandments Paramount Pictures$122,700,0001956 [11]
14 The Blues Brothers Universal Pictures$115,229,8901980 [12]
15 Heaven Is for Real Sony Pictures $101,888,0192014Christian [13]
16 The Shack Lionsgate Films $96,942,1152017 [14]
17 Ben-Hur Paramount Pictures$94,061,3112016
18 David Angel Studios$90,892,5562025 [15]
19 I Can Only Imagine Roadside Attractions $86,086,8812018 [16]
20 The King of Kings Angel Studios$83,612,7812025 [17]
21 Exorcist: The Beginning Warner Bros.$78,110,0212004 [18]
22 War Room Sony Pictures$73,989,7342015Christian [19]
23 Miracles from Heaven $73,983,0032016 [20]
24 Son of God 20th Century Fox$70,949,7932014 [21]
25 God's Not Dead Freestyle Releasing $64,667,874 [22]
26 The Star Sony Pictures$62,812,9742017 [23]
27 Heretic A24 $60,040,4652024 [24]
28 Jesus Revolution Lionsgate Films$54,293,6842023 [25]
29 Doubt Miramax $51,699,9842008 [26]
30 Oh, God! Warner Bros.$51,061,1961977 [27]
31 Breakthrough 20th Century Fox$50,444,3582019
32 Risen Sony Pictures$46,432,5792016
33 The Nativity Story New Line Cinema $46,432,2642006 [28]
34 The Forge Sony Pictures$40,395,0512024 [29]
35 The Exorcist III 20th Century Fox$39,024,2511990 [30]
36 Overcomer Affirm Films $38,026,1032019 [31]
37 The Robe 20th Century Fox$36,011,0931956 [32]
38 The Bible: In the Beginning... 20th Century Fox$34,903,5301966 [33]
39 Fireproof Samuel Goldwyn Films
Affirm Films 		$33,473,2972008 [34]
40 Joyful Noise Warner Bros.$31,158,1132012 [35]
41 Exorcist II: The Heretic Warner Bros.$30,749,1421977 [36]
42 Left Behind Freestyle Releasing $27,405,8962014 [37]
43 Paul, Apostle of Christ Sony Pictures$26,078,5002018 [38]
44 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Artisan Entertainment $25,621,2972002Christian [39]
45 God's Not Dead 2 Pure Flix Entertainment$24,487,8482026 [40]
46 Eight Crazy Nights Sony Pictures$23,833,1312002Judasim [41]
47 Leap of Faith Paramount Pictures$23,369,2831992 [42]
48 Oh, God! You Devil Warner Bros.$21,538,8501984 [43]
49 The Apostle October Films $21,277,7701997 [44]
50 Monty Python's Life of Brian Cinema International Corporation $20,922,3041979 [45]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "The Passion of the Christ (2004) - Box Office and Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 2026-08-22. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Bruce Almighty - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2025-11-12. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  3. ↑ "The Exorcist". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
  4. ↑ "Noah". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-09-07. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  5. ↑ "The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2026-08-07. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Sound of Freedom". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-05-29. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Constantine". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  8. ↑ "The Prince of Egypt". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Evan Almighty - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  10. ↑ "The Exorcist: Believer (2023) - Box Office and Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 2026-08-22. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  11. ↑ Block & Wilson 2010, p. 327.
  12. ↑ "The Blues Brothers". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-04-25. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  13. ↑ "Heaven Is For Real". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Shack". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "David". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-08-03. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
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  17. ↑ "The King of Kings". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-02-26. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
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  20. ↑ "Miracles from Heaven". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  22. ↑ "God's Not Dead". Box Office Mojo . Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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  25. ↑ "Jesus Revolution". Box Office Mojo . April 23, 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  26. ↑ "Doubt". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
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  28. ↑ "The Nativity Story". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
  29. ↑ "The Forge". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-02-26. Retrieved 2026-09-23.
  30. ↑ "The Exorcist III". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
  31. ↑ "Overcomer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
  32. ↑ "The Robe". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
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  34. ↑ "Fireproof". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
  35. ↑ "Joyful Noise". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  36. ↑ "Exorcist II: The Heretic". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-05-10. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
  37. ↑ "Left Behind". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-08-21. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  38. ↑ "Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018) - Box Office and Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 2026-08-22. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  39. ↑ "Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  40. ↑ "God's Not Dead 2". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  41. ↑ "Eight Crazy Nights - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2026-07-11.
  42. ↑ "Leap of Faith". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  43. ↑ "Oh, God! You Devil". Box Office Mojo.
  44. ↑ "The Apostle (1997) - Box Office and Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 2026-10-20.
  45. ↑ "Monty Python's Life of Brian". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2026-09-18. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
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