What (secular) books or movies lead you to christianity?

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Just out of interest. Are there any life changing books or films that lead you to christianity/ closer to your faith? Of course there are many titles with exactly this intention, but I´m interested in those not labeled as “christian/catholic”. 🙂
 
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren.
It’s a minor classic children’s book about two brothers who die. They end up in a country of adventure, fantasy and moral decisions, and on dying there the book ends ”the light. Yes, I see the light.”
It speaks to me about judgement, and in a way purgatory, even if that’s not something Lutherans much bother with. As if everyone is getting the chance to live up to what’s right and brave.

Brotherly love, bravery, chivalry, a tyrant, a resistance movement, a dragon … Think C S Lewis in level of pre-Christian treatment.
 
The Mission (1983) starring Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons isn’t officially classified as a Christian movie, but it is very Catholic. That one was influential at least as I was going through a conversion process.

Secular books that have helped me review my own faith is 12 Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson has encouraged me to look more at certain elements in my faith and take action on them.
 
I’m a former atheist, former Mormon.
After reading the following books, I have finally come to the conclusion that it was about time to accept God in my life again. While these books didn’t work as THE single factor of conversion, they were the ones which opened the doors, and helped me in softening my heart and become more welcoming to the idea of believing in God and Christianity:
  1. Atheism Kills The Dangers of a World Without God – and Cause for Hope, by Barak Lurie.
  2. Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism, by Ion Mihai Pacepa
  3. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
 
As far as those considered to not be a explicitly Christian book I would say.

The Lord of the Rings
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The Father Brown Series
 
could also do the Narnia series.

Though, out of the minimal field, the firm atheist Isaac Asimov did a great treatment on the history of the world. The book is called the history of the world and all in all, he presents a concrete and accurate historical record from the big bang to the 1940’s. Wonderful book, deep, comprises all that history we hated so much and put it in a nice perspective of the history of humanity.

In there, around the time he treats 3BC, he writes just one line …

Jesus was born.

Then that’s it, no other mention of Jesus or anything like that would relate to religion (though religion is always brought up indirectly as it is an integral part of every human culture).

So, by means of explicitly trying not to mention it, Isaac Asimov is a modern hostile witness.
 
I have loved God for as long as I can remember, even playing games with him as a toddler in my imagination. But I had no direction for this, and although mom read my younger brother and me a children’s bible story everynight for a few years, it wasn’t until I was 15 that I really caught fire. That spring I saw The Ten Commandments for the first time. It was playing in a theater over the Easter season and I went back too see it five more times. That was what inspired me to ask for my own bible for my next birthday.

Now, 45 years later, my life and faith have gone through many changes and challenges. But it was really The Ten Commandments which changed my outlook from curious-but-bewildered to one of much more serious intent.
 
Thank you for the interesting answers! I am not surprised to hear Narnia, even if it was never my personal taste, it seems to be very popular among catholic and protestant christians.
What gave me the last push to understand some aspects of my christian faith was Dostojewski’s crime and punishment. I still wonder if I would like or wouldn’t like to see a movie adaption of it.
 
Mere Christianity
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Brothers Karamazov
Moby Dick
Christy

…and numerous other works of literature with Christian, or at least supernatural, overtones. I am a cradle Catholic but was inspired to begin to take Catholicism seriously.
And dare I say, the musical Godspell was influential, too. I still love some of the music.
 
Looking back I think Walden by Thoreau was a major step up from my Nietzsche - that was a real turn of the corner. Some sort of God, meaning, light, etc. I reread it over and over to this day - still love it even as a Christian. Very little to quibble with. I am not saying read it for Christian faith, mind you, just meaning in life, higher power, light, etc. I wish more people would read it - for sure. This country would a better place, more human.
 
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Dead Man Walking,Forrest Gump,and I am Sam.
Not obviously Christian but with themes/storylines that could be applied/interpreted through Christian lens.
For me,even the film Alfie has a Christian theme as it portrays Alfie as having an emptiness and meaninglessness at his life of casual sex and being a player etc.
 
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