Movieguide Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie

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The Movieguide Awards give the Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movies to movies that are wholesome, spiritually uplifting and inspirational. [1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

This category debuted in the fourth year of the Movieguide Awards. The prior years only gave awards for best movies for families and mature audiences.

Movie YearCeremony YearWinning FilmSource
1995 1996 Dead Man Walking [2]
1996 1997 The Preacher's Wife [2]
1997 1998 Amistad [2]
1998 1999 The Prince of Egypt [2]
1999 2000 The Winslow Boy [2]
2000 2001 Return to Me [2]
2001 2002 The Body [2]
2002 2003 Evelyn [2]
2003 2004 The Gospel of John [2]
2004 2005 The Passion of the Christ [2]
2005 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [2]
2006 2007 The Nativity Story [2]
2007 2008 Amazing Grace [2]
2008 2009 Fireproof [2] [3]
2009 2010 The Blind Side [2]
2010 2011 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [2]
2011 2012 Courageous [2]
2012 2013 Les Misérables [2]
2013 2014 Grace Unplugged [2]
2014 2015 God's Not Dead [2]
2015 2016 [2] [4] [5]
2016 2017 [2] [6] [7] [8]
2017 2018 [2] [9] [10] [11]
2018 2019 [2] [12] [13] [14]
2019 2020 [2] [15] [16]
2020 2021 [2] [17] [18] [19]
2021 2022 [2] [20] [21]
2022 2023 [2] [22] [23]
2023 2024 [2] [24] [25] [26]

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