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- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsDavid OyelowoCarmen EjogoOprah WinfreyA chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.Silent film, masterpiece, about the process of Joan of Arc (1412-1431).
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod CulbertsonThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.Biopic about Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603), a protestant queen.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsJohanna WokalekDavid WenhamJohn GoodmanA woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.Johanna Angelicus (814-847), the women who became Pope.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsMilla JovovichJohn MalkovichRab AffleckA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.Joan of Arc (1412-1431), first a warrior, later a witch and finally a Catholic saint.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsNiall MacGinnisJohn RuddockPierre LefevreBiopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.Black and white film about the life of Martin Luther (1483-1546), the father of the Protestant Reformation.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsIngrid BergmanRobert DonatCurd JürgensA tenacious British woman becomes a missionary and runs an inn for travelling merchants in China during the Japanese invasion and the tumultuous years leading up to the Second World War.Biopic about Gladys Aylward (1902-1970), was a British evangelical Christian missionary to China.
- DirectorEric TillStarsJoseph FiennesBruno GanzPeter UstinovDuring the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.The life of the German reformer Martin Luther (1483.1546), in tune with our times.
- DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas FarrellTwo British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.Biopic based on Scottish athlete Eric Liddell (1902-1945) and the Englishman Harold Abrahams (1899-1978), in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Liddell was called "The Flying Scotsman", he was an evangelical Christian and testified to his faith, then he went as a missionary to China, he died young and the whole Scotland wept for him. Abrahams was Jewish and a great friend of Liddell.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAldo FabriziGianfranco BelliniPeparuoloA series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.The holy madness of Francis of Assisi and his disciples. A masterpiece of Roberto Rossellini.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsGérard DepardieuArmand AssanteSigourney WeaverChristopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.The adventure of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), who followed the Biblical prophecies to discover the New World.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsAnthony HopkinsDebra WingerJulian FellowesC.S. Lewis, a world-renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U.S.The life of the Irish writer C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) specially the years in which it suffered the death of his wife.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliGeorge CukorStarsKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnJames DonaldThe life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid StrathairnAs the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsRaul JuliaRichard JordanAna AliciaThe life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.Biopic about the life of Oscar Arnulfo Romero (1917-1980), a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, defender of the poor, was murdererd by the government of his country.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsIoan GruffuddAlbert FinneyMichael GambonThe idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.Biopic about William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English politician, evangelical Christian, leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsSusan SarandonSean PennRobert ProskyA nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
- DirectorMaría Luisa BembergStarsAssumpta SernaDominique SandaHéctor AlterioThis fact-based film examines the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Assumpta Serna), a Roman Catholic nun from Mexico City who, in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, established herself as an important New World philosopher, poet, playwright and early feminist. When Sor Juana comes under the scrutiny of a vicious archbishop (Lautaro Murúa) for her unconventional ways, she must appeal to a powerful political connection -- the Viceroy's scholarly wife.Biopic about Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), Mexican poet, nun, theologian, philosopher, playwright, scientist, astronomer, musician, painter and historian.
- DirectorFelipe CazalsStarsEnrique RochaRodolfo de AndaManuel OjedaBefore dying, feeling very ill, the italian father Francisco Eusebio Kino remembers when he was younger and traveled from Europe to New Spain (México). Although he wanted travel to China, his superior send him to the new continent. It was the end of XVI. He joined Admiral Atondo as a cartographer and a missioner. Once he discovered the peoples from America, he believed that his place was just there. As a goal, he wanted to stablish a mission in the "island" of California, but the land was so harsh. Instead of that, he had to save souls in Sonora, also dry lands. As a humble and warm heart he had to see how spanish forces mistreated the indians.
- DirectorJames F. CollierStarsJulie HarrisJeannette CliftArthur O'ConnellDuring WWII, a Dutch family caught hiding Jews is sent to a concentration camp where their Christian faith helps them endure the hardships.Historical drama about Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983), a Dutch Christian, who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust.
- DirectorGiacomo BattiatoStarsPiotr AdamczykMalgorzata BelaKen DukenThe life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.The life of Pope John Paul II (1920-2005).
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsGraham FaulknerJudi BowkerLeigh LawsonDramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), the saint of the ecologists.
- DirectorTony TewStarsMichael BertenshawJames DowniePeter HowellThe story of 14th century John Wycliffe, AKA "The Morning Star of the Reformation", who was the first to translate the Bible into English.The life of John Wycliffe (1320-1384), an English theologian, preacher, reformer and traslator of the Bible in English.
- DirectorMichael EconomouStarsRod ColbinRegis CordicMarvin MillerA faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.John Hus (1373-1415), czech priest, philosopher and the first reformer of the Christian Church, he was burned at the stake.
- DirectorGiorgio CapitaniStarsVittoria BelvedereMartin CrewesSimone AscaniThe story of St. Rita of Cascia and her virtue.The life of Saint Rita of Cascia (1381-1457), an Italian nun and a holy widow venerated in the Catholic Church.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsAlessandro PreziosiMonica GuerritoreAlexander HeldThe story of the life and conversion of Aurelius Augustinus to Saint Augustine of Hippo.The life of Augustine of Hippo (354-430), theologian and philosopher, maybe the most influential leader in Christian history, after Saint Paul.
- DirectorTony TewStarsRoger ReesBernard ArchardKeith BarronA dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.Biopic about William Tyndale (1490-1536), an English scholar, translator of the Bible into English; sentenced by King Henry VIII, Tyndale suffered the martyrdom.
- DirectorRay LorigaStarsPaz VegaLeonor WatlingGeraldine ChaplinA drama based on the life of Spain's feminist mystic Saint Teresa (Vega).Provocative film about Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), a Spanish mystic and Roman catholic saint.
- DirectorRaul V. CarreraStarsNorbert WeisserMark LenardLeigh LombardiThe dramatic story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.Historical drama on the radical reformers, called "anabaptists" (16th century).
- DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsIdris ElbaNaomie HarrisTerry PhetoA chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
- DirectorAntonio SerranoStarsAna de la RegueraDemián BichirLuis Gerardo MéndezFrom his jail cell at Chihuahua's Military Hospital, Hidalgo begins to remember moments of his life, particularly his tenure as Parish Priest in the town of San Felipe Torres Mochas where he translated and produced the stage play "Tartuffe" by Moliere. During this time he fell in love with Josefa Quintana with whom he had three children and for whom he left the priesthood during a brief period in his life.The life of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), was a Mexican priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence.
- DirectorMárta MészárosStarsMaia MorgensternElide MelliJan NowickiThis movie is based on the life of Saint Edith Stein. She was a German nun of Jewish descent who had converted to Catholicism. Much of her early life was spent as an outspoken academic. There, according to the movie, she feuded with Joseph Heller, a fellow professor with right wing beliefs. In 1933, after Jews were no longer allowed to teach, she became a nun in the Spartan-like Carmelite order, but when World War II heated up, Heller, who had become an important Nazi official, took his revenge; he had her deported to Auschwitz.The life of Edith Stein (1891-1942), also Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, a German Roman Catholic nun, born into Jewish family, atheist in her teenage years, later philosophy doctor, disciple of Heidegger and Husserl, and finally converted to Catholicism.
- DirectorEric TillStarsUlrich TukurJohanna KlanteRobert JoyThe story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life.Biopic about the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), a German Lutheran pastor and disident anti-Nazi.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsGeraldine ChaplinKeene CurtisHelena CarrollA story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.The life of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), an Albanian Roman Catholic nun, defender of the poor.
- DirectorKen AndersonStarsMike HickmanRebecca BakerCharles ApplegateBiopic of Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), a British protestant missionary in China.Biopic about Hudson Taylor (1832-1905), a British Protestant Christian missionary to China.
- DirectorBeda Docampo FeijóoStarsDarío GrandinettiSilvia AbascalAnabella AgostiniA look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.
- DirectorCarol ReedStarsCharlton HestonRex HarrisonDiane CilentoThe biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsIngrid BergmanJosé FerrerSelena RoyleThe abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBradford DillmanDolores HartStuart WhitmanIn 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
- DirectorManoel de OliveiraStarsLima DuarteLuís Miguel CintraRicardo TrêpaThe story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettClive OwenGeoffrey RushA mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.
- DirectorAntonio SerranoStarsDagoberto GamaRaúl MéndezJuan Ignacio ArandaLa película retrata los últimos años de la vida de José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), héroe mexicano quien tras burlar el cerco de sus enemigos, toma una de las ciudades más importantes de México. Sin embargo, teniendo más de la mitad del territorio mexicano en sus manos, Morelos cae en una contradicción y se empeña en tomar el puerto de Acapulco mientras las tropas realistas se reorganizan, se fortalecen y poco a poco van recuperando terreno. The movie portraits the last years in the life of José María Morelos y Pavón (1812-1815), Mexican heroe, who after escaping the siege of his enemies takes one of the most important cities of Mexico. However, having more than half of the Mexican territory in his hands, he insists on taking over the Acapulcos harbor while the royal troops rearrange themselves, grow stronger and slowly gain get territory back.
- DirectorJim HanonStarsLouie LeonardoChad AllenJack GuzmanTwo people come to the end of a spear in order to realize that the divisions between them are not real.
- DirectorDon MurrayStarsPat BooneErik EstradaJacqueline GirouxLong before faith-based films became a regular feature of mainstream movie theaters, there was "The Cross and The Switchblade," the story of Pastor David Wilkerson and gang member Nicky Cruz.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsHelen MirrenJames McAvoyChristopher PlummerA historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's (Christopher Plummer's) struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.
- DirectorWilliam RieadStarsJuliet StevensonRutger HauerMax von SydowA drama that explores the life of Mother Teresa (Juliet Stevenson) through letters she wrote to her longtime friend and spiritual advisor, Father Celeste van Exem (Max von Sydow) over a nearly fifty-year period.
- StarsPaul WinfieldCicely TysonTony BennettThe story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister up to his assassination in Memphis in 1968.