Please darlings can you suggest to me what good Biblical movies I should add to my watch list this holy weekend? It can be live+action or animated. I'm trying to put a list together but I'm stuck at the Jesus films. There's one that's 4 hours long... should I invest time into it?
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 14, 2022 10:50 AM |
Maybe let us know the name.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 13, 2022 1:39 PM |
R1 it's actually 6 hours. It's called Jesus of Nazareth and apparently it was a miniseries upon release. My bad
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 13, 2022 1:51 PM |
The Ten Commandments is one of my favorite movies ever.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 13, 2022 2:34 PM |
Pasolini's Gospel According to Matthew is a masterpiece
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 13, 2022 2:41 PM |
What about Samson and Delilah and Ben-Hur?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 13, 2022 4:30 PM |
Jesus of Nazareth is my favourite Easter epic! Franco Zeffirelli Directing and a list of names starring!!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 13, 2022 5:36 PM |
Absolutely Ben-Hur (1959). Not only do you get religion, a gigantic sea battle, and an eye-popping chariot race, you also get Stephen Boyd lusting after Chuck Heston.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 13, 2022 6:28 PM |
The Passion of the Christ!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 13, 2022 6:34 PM |
Of the Jesus movies, my fave is King of Kings (1961); Jeffrey Hunter is an iffy choice to play Jesus, but everything surrounding him is terrific, from the supporting cast (Robert Ryan, Rip Torn, Hurd Hatfield, Viveca Lindfors, Siobhan McKenna) to the spectacular cinematography and direction, especially Nick Ray's use of split-diopter.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 13, 2022 6:35 PM |
The Song 🎵 f Bernadette—not Biblical per se, but “holy.”
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 13, 2022 6:38 PM |
Another good one is Barabbas (1961) with Anthony Quinn as the criminal pardoned instead of Jesus; the ending is surprisingly ambiguous.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 13, 2022 6:42 PM |
Prince of Egypt. Moses and Rameses are HOT!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 13, 2022 6:52 PM |
And the soundtrack has Mariah AND Whitney.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 13, 2022 6:58 PM |
That Mel Gibson snuff film.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 13, 2022 7:02 PM |
The Ten Commandments is high camp. All that melodrama and religious pomposity. "Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool." I can't help laughing at that one.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 13, 2022 7:03 PM |
R10... You mean " The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre."
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 13, 2022 7:03 PM |
I always think of Ben Hur as a Christmas movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 13, 2022 7:06 PM |
On Easter eve it’s the Wizard of Oz
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 13, 2022 7:09 PM |
Not biblical exactly, but "Midnight Mass" on Netflix is sort of Easter-adjacent. Same with Calvary starring Brendan Gleeson.
As holidays go, Easter is very under represented in the movie department
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 13, 2022 7:10 PM |
I'm planning on watching two Biblical films that I haven't seen before: the 1925 BEN-HUR, starring Ramon Novarro and Francis X. Bushman; and Nicholas Ray's KING OF KINGS starring Jeffrey Hunter.
And then I'll be worshipping at the altar of Judy & Fred & Irving Berlin by watching EASTER PARADE for the umpteenth time.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 13, 2022 7:27 PM |
Wizard of oz is a tradition
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 13, 2022 7:35 PM |
R26, the 1925 Ben Hur has NUDITY. Male and female!
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 13, 2022 7:36 PM |
[quote]What Biblical Movies to Watch This Weekend?
None of 'em.
| by Anonymous | reply 29 | April 13, 2022 7:37 PM |
No bible this weekend, the Dark Lord is my Savior!
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 13, 2022 7:40 PM |
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Passion of the Christ
King of Kings
Last Days in the Desert
Son of God - starring "hot Jesus" (see below)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 13, 2022 8:08 PM |
Becket is my go to this year .
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 13, 2022 8:10 PM |
[quote]The Song 🎵 f Bernadette—not Biblical per se, but “holy.”
or the lezzie nuns in Benedetta
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 13, 2022 8:15 PM |
The Passion of the Christ is a great movie if you enjoy watching a very good looking man, wearing not that many clothes, get beaten up and tortured for 2 hours.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | April 13, 2022 8:27 PM |
I had a Tom Tryon-themed Easter Monday last year and it was perfect: The Story of Ruth, followed by The Cardinal. The Cardinal isn't exactly a Biblical movie and it's like 9 hours long but I was pleasantly surprised by it.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 13, 2022 10:14 PM |
R26 We only get the side of Ramon Novarro's groin. And some unknown person's tightly clenched buttocks.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 13, 2022 11:13 PM |
The perfect ice breaker, OP.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 38 | April 14, 2022 12:23 AM |
My atheist dad loved Jesus of Nazareth and watched it every year. I now do the same.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | April 14, 2022 2:11 AM |
The Gospel according to St. Matthew
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 14, 2022 2:13 AM |
I vote for the Greatest Story Ever Told.
Very underrated and opens up interpretations of the Resurrection.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 14, 2022 4:11 AM |
"The Robe," if only for Jay Robinson's uber-campy performance as Caligula.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | April 14, 2022 5:24 AM |
The Miracle Maker - Claymation - Ralph Fiennes is Jesus - Full movie
Happy Easter, DL. Jesus lives!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 14, 2022 5:42 AM |
R42 That American stole his Caligula performance from the talented British actor (seen at 1.00)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | April 14, 2022 6:05 AM |
One Easter Sunday a few years ago, I happened to watch "The Killing of Sister George," all by myself. Not sure why I decided to watch it, I think I believed it was some kind of religious murder mystery at first (it's a '60s lesbian "mid-life crisis" story, LOL). I don't know how long it goes on, but it sure *seemed* like eternity. Kind of hilarious in its way. And exhausting by the time it was through.
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | April 14, 2022 10:50 AM |
