so what was the best "religious" movie ever made? (page 3)

skinnyboy

does Samuel L Jackson quoting Ezekiel count?

Contact was intesting, the Book by Carl Sagan was better though.

Dogma-I love Dogma, even though I am not into the catholic faith (or christian faith for that matter) I love how they made all religions sound a bit screwed up and totally off-track. And also...Alanis Morisette as God, you can't get better then this!lol Rickman as the Metatron is da bomb.lol

defd

10 commandments so far.

Mary

Hmmm........I'd have to say The Ten Commandments with Ben Hur being a close second........and ~~Blessed Are the Cheese Makers~~ Life of Brian in third place.........and let's not forget Monty Python's The Holy Grail.......

Narkissos

To me the best Bible movie ever is Pasolini's Gospel according to St. Matthew. Absolute respect of the letter and spirit of the text, incredible sensitiveness.

Now as to religious movies in a broader sense... everything from Tarkovsky comes first. Then Dreyer (Ordet or The Passion of St. Joan of Arc) or Pasolini's Theorem.

In a more critical way, much of Bergman (especially The Communicants and Through the Mirror where he most closely focuses on religious issues).

In a parodic yet deep way, The Life of Brian is great. Also many of Buñuel's movies, such as Viridiana, Symeon or The Milky Way.

lonelysheep

Dogma and The Ten Commandments.

I've never heard of the Life of Brian.

Tristram

The Rapture (just "what if" it is true...?)

The Last Temptation of Christ

Dogma

daystar

Last Temptation of Christ

The Truman Show

What The *BLEEP* Do We Know?

Waking Life

Almost anything by David Lynch

OT, not a movie, but I enjoy watching Joel Osteen on occasion. For a Christian, he gives quite a lot of just good advice.

mrsjones5

And

Billygoat

I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not much of a movie buff. I don't watch that many movies, let alone religious ones. But a few years ago Mozz pretty much forcibly sat me down to watch The Last Temptation of Christ. I was blown away. It was a life changing movie for me. I am hesitant to recommend it, because it was so life-changing for me. I don't want to build it up and it be a disappointment to them.

so what was the best "religious" movie ever made?