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Movies that make you think about religion

Both for my study and for personal reasons, I am very interested in the concept of religion as portrayed in the movies. When you're known with, for instance, some of the recurring metaphors and canonical figures, it's not that hard to detect religion almost everywhere.

There are, ofcourse, these big Biblical blockbusters (The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur), but sometimes the subtext is much more subtle. By offering this comprehensive list, I want to show that religious ideas and concepts formed and/or influenced quite a number of movies you saw, still want to see, (or don't want to see at all).

Note #1: this is no toplist, as some movies included here made me wanna hit something.

Note #2: I obviously haven't…

Block or Report
  • The Blue Lagoon
  • Category 7: The End of the World
  • City of God
  • Of Gods and Men
  • The Student
  • Eden Lake
  • A Conspiracy of Faith
  • The Wailing
  • Hercules
  • Clash of the Titans
  • Incendies
  • The Settlers
  • As It Is in Heaven
  • Loving
  • Man of Steel
  • Moana
  • The Omen
  • Risen
  • Thor
  • Thor: The Dark World
  • Dune
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Inferno
  • The Da Vinci Code
  • Angels & Demons
  • Irreversible
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Kingdom of Heaven
  • The Mission
  • The Red Turtle
  • To Save a Life
  • The Climb
  • The Golden Compass
  • The Last Emperor
  • Deliver Me
  • Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses
  • Possession
  • Sin City
  • Stalker
  • Solaris
  • Waiting For Giraffes
  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise
  • Assassin's Creed
  • Gods of Egypt
  • Crusade in Jeans
  • We Were Soldiers
  • The Apostle
  • City of Angels
  • God's Not Dead
  • Dogma
  • Kundun
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Seven Years in Tibet
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Evan Almighty
  • Bruce Almighty
  • Prayers for Bobby
  • Left Behind: The Movie
  • Left Behind
  • Deliver Us from Evil
  • Deliver Us from Evil
  • Barabbas
  • The Bible: In the Beginning...
  • Avalokitesvara
  • Conspiracy of Silence
  • Courageous
  • Elmer Gantry
  • Escape from Hell
  • Fireproof
  • Gabriel
  • Heaven Is for Real
  • Jesus
  • Martin Luther
  • Muhammad: The Messenger of God
  • Son of God
  • The Second Chance
  • War Room
  • The Wager
  • WWJD: What Would Jesus Do?
  • The Ultimate Gift
  • Midnight Special
  • Letters to God
  • Horns
  • The Book of Eli
  • King of Kings
  • Andrei Rublev
  • The Message
  • The Seventh Sign
  • Priest
  • End of Days
  • Constantine
  • Ghost Rider
  • Wise Blood
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • The River
  • The Burmese Harp
  • Wings of Desire
  • Black Narcissus
  • Black God, White Devil
  • Son of Man