What is/are your favorite movie(s) (religious and/or non-religious) and why?

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all time fave
  • THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
also like
  • the fisher king
  • shawshank
  • somewhere in time
not in any particular order
 
My number one all time favorite movie is" Dr. Zhivago " and second is “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?” Wth “Amadeus” coming in at 3
 
**Monty Python and The Holy Grail-**Great movie also its fun to quote.

**Silence of the lambs-**I just liked this movie because of a slight morbid fascinating aspect to it. Also Hannibal Lecter is the cannibal version of Sherlock Holmes .

Dracula(1931)-Bela Lugousi the only 1 and true film Dracula.

**Bride of Frankenstein(1940’s)-**I consider this movie much better than Frankenstein. You can truly see James whale’s influence also in this.

**“We’re knight’s of the round table we sing whenever we’re able”-Monty Python and the Holy Grail **
 
My favorites are (in no particular order)
  1. Star Wars (first ones)
  2. Indiana Jones trilogy
  3. Somewhere in Time
  4. Shawshank Redemption
  5. Return to Me
  6. Sleepless in Seattle
  7. You’ve Got Mail
  8. To Kill A Mockingbird
  9. Sound of Music
    10)The Sure Thing
God Bless
Giannawannabe
 
Favorite Religious Movies:

Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) Version
The Passion of the Christ
The King of Kings (1927) Roadshow version Criterian Dvd
Moses (Starring Ben Kingsley)
The Ten Commandments
The Prince of Egypt
Joan of Arc (Leelee Sobieski version)
Black Narcisuss
The Song of Bernadette
Boys Town
Going My Way
Bells of St Marys
The Exorcist
Constantine
The Prophecy
Breaking the Waves

Favorite Secular

Starship Troopers
Fifth Element
Heavenly Creatures
Bram Stokers Dracula
Life is Beautiful
Ladder 49
Saturday Night Fever
Mulholland Drive
Blade II
Cronos
The Devils Backbone
Jurassic Parks
Kill Bills
Man on Fire
Shall We Dance
Moulin Rouge
Chicago
Flawless
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Carlitos Way
Casino

Wow…way too many to list… its obvious there are not enough quality religious films to balance out the secular.
 
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Friendly Persuasion - a favorite with our kids. Gary Cooper is a Quaker husband, father and homesteader trying to lead a good life during the Civil War. Beautiful scenery, humor for the kids, and thoughtful treatment ,without prejudice, of war and conscience.
 
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I’m surprised no one has mentioned Friendly Persuasion - a favorite with our kids. Gary Cooper is a Quaker husband, father and homesteader trying to lead a good life during the Civil War. Beautiful scenery, humor for the kids, and thoughtful treatment ,without prejudice, of war and conscience.
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On a similar note is the Jimmy Stewart film *Shenandoah *in which he and his family unsuccessfully try to avoid any involvement in the Civil War. The final scene can really get the waterworks going. :crying:

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On a similar note is the Jimmy Stewart film Shenandoah in which he and his family unsuccessfully try to avoid any involvement in the Civil War. The final scene can really get the waterworks going. :crying:

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I agree with you 100% on Shenandoah!! I completely forgot to include this movie in my list. It is one of my absolute favorites.
 
Life is Beautiful - in Italian, subtitiled in English.

When I told someone that was my favorite movie, they said the Pope said it was one of his favorites also. I’m not sure if that is true but I wouldn’t be a bit suprised, I agree with him on everything else!
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Religious Movies:

1: Passion of the Christ
2: The Ten Commandments
3: Therese

Non-Religious Movies (people are going to wonder about the eclectic list here :whistle: ):

1: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2: The Eiger Sanction
3: My Fair Lady

PF
 
Jane Eyre, the original with Orson Wells. Will always be my favorite. It watch it about once a year and I plan it when it will be quiet with no distractions. It is the most beautiful love story I’ve ever read or seen. I read the book when I was in high school and have loved it ever since. There has never been anyone like Orson Wells!
 
Religious:


  1. *]The Passion of the Christ
    *]Jesus of Nazareth
    *]Therese
    *]Song of Bernadette
    *]The Ten Commandments
    *]Miracle of Marcellino
    *]Becket
    *]A Man For All Seasons
    *]The Robe
    *]The Agony and the Ecstacy

    Non-religious:

    1. *]Casablanca
      *]The Quiet Man
      *]The Adventures of Robin Hood
      *]The Return of the King
      *]The Fellowship of the Ring
      *]The Two Towers
      *]Zulu
      *]Henry V
      *]The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
      *]Tombstone
 
In alphabetical order:

A Man for All Seasons
A Muppet Christmas Carol
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Philadelphia Story
White Christmas
You’ve Got Mail
 
too many to name, but i’ll give you a few.

legends of the fall
last of the mohicans
schindler’s list
hudson hawk
monty python’s holy grail
fight club
the matrix (the original only)
snatch
raiders of the lost ark
field of dreams
 
oh ya! and:

tombstone
LOTR trilogy
casablanca
life is beautiful
it’s a wonderful life
shawshank redemption
fisher king
pirates of the caribbean
T2
lethal weapon (the original)

i loved the passion, but not as a movie.
 
Hmm…

Non-Religious:

Double Indemnity (the Macmurray/Stanwyck version!)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Haunting (1963, NOT the horrible remake!!!)
Shane
High Noon
Cheech & Chong’s “Up in Smoke”
Duck Soup
Captain Blood
A Shot in the Dark
Behind the Green Door

Religious:

A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version ONLY!!)
Jesus Christ Superstar (w/Ted Neely)
The Night of the Hunter (Robert Mitchum)
Saved (hilarious, but scandalous)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (same caveat as above)

Peace!
 
In no particular order here, either:

Stand and Deliver
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jesus Christ Superstar (flawed, I know - but it was “my era”)
Return to Me
An Affair to Remember
Sleepless in Seattle
The Days of Wine and Roses
The Lost Weekend
Sergeant York
Damn Yankees
It Happened One Night
Sixteen Candles (actually I really like all of John Hughes’s movies)
 
Non-religious:
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Rope
Strangers on a Train
Lagaan
Bend it Like Beckham
So I Married An Axe Murderer
The Princess Bride
Citizen Kane
Bringing up Baby

Oh, and FrankvT, GREAT call with KOYAANISQATSI! I’ve never met anyone who’s seen it, other than my former classmates in the MSU film studies department

Religious/Spiritual:
The Apostle
The Bishop’s Wife
Life with Father
Its a Wonderful Life
The Robe
 
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