List by pileofcrowns Patron
The Most Spiritually Significant Films (Arts & Faith)
Every now and then someone will put forth the Arts & Faith Top 100 as the finest "great films list" ever made, and while I haven't seen enough movies to have a real opinion on that, there's no doubting that the list is full of incredible cinema that appeals to all kinds of film lovers, be they spiritual or not.
Originally launching in 2004 as the Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films (and now simply known as The Arts & Faith Top 100 Films), the list is put together every few years by the people at Image, whose stated mission is to "support and showcase art shaped by the faith traditions of western civilization." The latest list from 2011 was put together by "professional film writers and lecturers, lifelong cinephiles and ordinary movie fans, seminary-trained students of religion, believers of various stripes, and individuals of no particular faith."
This is a list of every movie that has ever made the list, starting with the latest list from 2011 with the films ranked in order.
MISSING
Son of Man (Mark Dornford-May, 2006)
Luther (Guy Green, 1974)NOTES
#1-104 are the Top 100 films from the 2011 list. There are more than 100 films due to two trilogies.
#105-137 are additional films from the 2010 list. Some consider the 2010 list the best.
#138-176 are additional films from the 2008/2009 list. This is a single list.
#177-188 are additional films from the 2005 list. From here on in the films are markedly more mainstream.
#189 onwards are additional films from the 2004 list. This list is unranked so alphabetical order is used.
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It's nice to see quite a few that aren't in the standard "greatest films" lists. Yet the number they have in common indicates how many films are spiritual even when it's not immediately obvious. Just here I can see The Last Days of Disco which has me a little puzzled. (I haven't seen that since it was out in the cinema though.)
I find it odd that despite not being spiritual or religious at all, I find myself enjoying films of that ilk most of all. I can imagine I'm not alone in this regard.
@Antonomasia: Just between you and me, a few of the selections on the list have me scratching my head too...
@Cinebro: A strange invention, this cinema is.