The Best Christian Movies that will give you Joy and Awe, Ranked

Did you know The Passion of the Christ (2004) was a movie that earned a gross revenue of over $600 million, an income higher than that of summer blockbuster Jaws (1975)? (numbers have been adjusted by inflation). It’s true that Christian movies don’t receive a lot of attention, but here are a few of the best that you should give your attention to!

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Love Comes Softly

Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Michael Landon Jr.
2003

Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman, recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Clark Davis, a widower, offers her a marriage of convenience: she needs food and money, and he needs someone to take care of his daughter Missie. She accepts his proposal as a temporary solution.

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7.3 IMDB
2

Silence

Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson
Martin Scorsese
2016

Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.

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7.2 IMDB
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The Prince of Egypt

Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer
Simon Wells, Steve Hickner, Brenda Chapman
1998

This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one becomes the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth, and the other the chosen leader of his people! Their final confrontation will forever change their lives and the world.

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7.1 IMDB
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The Passion of the Christ

Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov
Mel Gibson
2004

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

7.1 IMDB
5

Courageous

Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Ben Davies
Alex Kendrick
2011

As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. They know that God desires to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, but their children are beginning to drift further and further away from them. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a new found urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children? COURAGEOUS is the fourth release of Sherwood Pictures, the movie making ministry of Sherwood Church in Albany, Georgia.

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7 IMDB
6

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley
Andrew Adamson
2005

Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, the they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.

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6.9 IMDB
7

To Save A Life

Randy Wayne, Deja Kreutzberg, Joshua Weigel
Brian Baugh
2009

Jake Taylor has everything. He has a beautiful girl, he's the champion in basketball and beer pong, and everyone loves him. Then, an old childhood friend, whom Jake used to be friends with, commits suicide. Jake begins to think. He wonders what he could've done to save his friend's life. A youth minister tells him that Jake needs God. So Jake becomes a Christian. However, things begin to spin out of control. His dad is cheating on his mom, his girlfriend is pregnant, and his former friends ridicule and mock him. During all this, Jake is going to realize just what it means to be a Christian and how, to save a life.

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6.9 IMDB
8

End of the Spear

Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman
Jim Hanon
2005

"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people

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6.8 IMDB
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Faith Like Potatoes

Frank Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson, Hamilton Dlamini
Regardt van den Bergh
2006

Frank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.

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6.7 IMDB
10

Paul, Apostle of Christ

Jim Caviezel, James Faulkner, Olivier Martinez
Andrew Hyatt
2018

Risking his life, Luke ventures to Rome to visit Paul -- the apostle who's bound in chains and held captive in Nero's darkest and bleakest prison cell. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. Before Paul's death, Luke resolves to write another book that details the birth of what will come to be known as the church.

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6.6 IMDB
11

Joseph: King of Dreams

Ben Affleck, Mark Hamill, Richard Herd
Rob LaDuca, Robert C. Ramirez
2000

In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspires jealousy in his brothers.

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6.5 IMDB
12

The Shack

Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw
Stuart Hazeldine
2017

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

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6.3 IMDB
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Risen

Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth
Kevin Reynolds
2016

Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

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6.3 IMDB
14

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro
Ridley Scott
2014

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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6 IMDB
15

Noah

Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson
Darren Aronofsky
2014

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

5.8 IMDB