Give me suggestions for Biblical movies to watch!

[WilliamOK]

…One that I’ve heard good things about but haven’t seen yet is “Peter and Paul,” with Anthony Hopkins as St. Paul and Robert Foxworth as St. Peter. It’s a recounting of Acts, with a great supporting cast - Raymond Burr, Eddie Albert, Jon Finch, Jose Ferrer, Herbert Lom. It was originally a 2-part made for TV miniseries. Anyone else seen it that cares to comment?

“Peter and Paul” did look good so I bought the DVD. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the way they presented the story so I didn’t watch more than about a half-hour.

I didn’t like that they showed Paul as conflicted in his persecution of the Christians at first, when he was actually very zealously anti-Christian before his conversion. And there were a couple of other things too that bothered me right away, like Jose Ferrer’s character saying things from the Gospel, but out of order from the way it happened. I know these movies always make a few dramatic changes, and I don’t mind that if they don’t go too far, but I think for me it altered the message too much. The acting looks good, and all these actors are very famous and accomplished, so if you’re not as picky as I am about the story, you’ll probably enjoy it. I didn’t really like it though.

 

[patrick1945]

There seem to be so many movies that are Biblical but I don’t know which to watch. My requirement is that the movie be wholly family-friendly. If they are Old Testament that would be nice, if New that would do too. So far I’ve watched:

Ten Commandments; Passion of the Christ; Visual Bible: Acts; Gospel of John; Gospel According to St Matthew. I refuse to watch Jesus of Nazareth because of the ridiculous liberties taken in that film. I’m looking forward to watch any delightful movies from Genesis or any part of the Bible, really.

The Robe is a good one, as well as its sequel, “Demetrius and the Gladiators”. One of my favorites is “Barrabas”…the fictional account of what became of Barrabbas after the crucifixion. There’s a powerful scene near the end in which Barrabbas is in a Roman prison with St. Peter. Barrabbas has struggled his whole life with his many sins and what the death of Jesus meant. St. Peter listens quietly to Barrabbas’ anguish, and says “by your struggle, you have known Him”.

I caution, though, there is violence in the film.

 

[WilliamOK]

I am watching The Book of Acts Volume 1 - it is good I think you will like it. It is more of a Bible narration than a regular movie, but it is nice to watch and reminds me a little of the dramatic reading of the Bible that some Catholic stars helped put together a few years ago. If you have Amazon Prime it is free to stream, otherwise it costs a few dollars here:
amazon.com/Book-Acts-1-James-Brolin/dp/B00S5M79FY/

 

[kosull2]

Some other good movies are:
King of Kings
Ten Commandments
Greatest Story Ever Told