List of religious films

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This is a list of films with religious themes.

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YearTitle
1900 Soldiers of the Cross
1909 Heroes of the Cross
1909 The Scottish Covenanters
1916 Civilization
1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)
1923 The Ten Commandments
1925 Ben-Hur
1927 The King of Kings
1928 Noah's Ark
1928 Joan of Arc ( The Passion of Joan of Arc )
1932 The Sign of the Cross
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
1937 Green Light (1937 film)
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film)
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 (film)
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 (film)
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 (1954 film)
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 Oh, God!
1977 Jesus of Nazareth
1979 Jesus
1979 Joni
1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian
1980 The Blues Brothers
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 Romero
1990 China Cry
1991 The Black Robe
1992 Leap of Faith
1993Divine Mercy: Sa Buhay ni Sister Faustina
1993 Schindler's List
1994 Jacob
1994 Priest
1995 Dead Man Walking
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)
1996 Kristo
1997 The Apostle
1997 Solomon
1998Ama Namin
1998 Noah
1998 Life is Beautiful
1998 The Prince of Egypt
1999 End of Days
1999 Joan of Arc ( The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc )
1999 The Omega Code
1999 Joan of Arc
2000 Islam: Empire of Faith
2000 Left Behind: The Movie
2001 Escape from Hell
2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2002 Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
2002 The Magdalene Sisters
2002 Time Changer
2003 Bruce Almighty
2003 Conspiracy of Silence
2003 Flywheel
2003 Luther
2004 The Passion of the Christ
2005 Constantine
2005 Left Behind: World at War
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 Ghost Rider
2007 Noelle
2007 Saint Mary
2007 The Ten Commandments
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 ? (film)
2011 Courageous
2011 Ikaw ang Pag-ibig
2013 Avalokitesvara
2013 Home Run
2013 Horns
2013 Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir
2014 Son of God
2014 Noah
2014A Promise
2015 Old Fashioned
2016 Miracles from Heaven
2016 Ignacio de Loyola
2016 Joseph & Mary
2016 Silence
2018 Divine Beauty
2018 Come Sunday
2018 Mary Magdalene
2018 I Can Only Imagine
2018 Paul, Apostle of Christ
2019 Breakthrough
2019 A Hidden Life
2020 Fatima
2021 The Lady of Heaven
2022 Pieces
2022 Why the Nativity?
TBA The Way of the Wind

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