Favourite Spiritual Movies

[Dark Knight]

Joan of Arc - the messanger

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The song of Bernadette

Kingdom of Heaven (about Knights)

1492 - Conquest of paradise

The Passion of the Christ

[alex001]

I really like Song of Berndadette and Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I also like a Polish film called Faustina - really amazing. The sound track is great as well, I've tried to find it online but can't.

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[Avernus]

The Mission - a film about an 18th century Catholic mission in Portuguese South America. Very moving, and inspirational. It also focuses on penance for a large section of it.

[Bro. Paul]

The Mission - a film about an 18th century Catholic mission in Portuguese South America. Very moving, and inspirational. It also focuses on penance for a large section of it.

I watched this film on my 16th Birthday, and it has stayed with me ever since...

[alex001]

I'd be interested on hearing peoples' opinions of the Passion of the Christ? It had a huge impact on me when I saw it. I know my priest felt it was very weak on the resurrection. Also I noticed the scourging took a big part in the movie.

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[St.Rose]

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[Windhover]

Oh boy -- movies!

I also love "The Mission" and the Polish film "Faustina" as well. Such lovely musical scores on both.

There are a lot of fine religious films that are not so well known but are true works of art. The silent French film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc" by Carl Dreyer is a masterpiece and is based on the actual trial records. (One of my favorite dialogues is when Joan is asked at her trial if St. Michael the Archangel had long hair. "Why should he cut it?" was her reply...)

All the films by the late-great Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (himself a Russian Orthodox) are brilliant, especially the internationally acclaimed "Andrei Rublev", one of the greatest films of all time -- about the famous Russian icon painter.

And famed French director Robert Bresson's film version of Georges Bernano's book, "Diary of a Country Priest" is a favorite. (Same name)

And the best film about St. Francis, IMO, is an old Italian film by Rosselini and Fellini, amazingly, "The Little Flowers of St. Francis". Maybe my favorite of all time... St. Francis and his followers are actually REAL Franciscan monks, who disappeared back into their monastery after the filming, never to reappear in film again.

The recent Italian offering, "Padre Pio: Miracle Man", is breathtaking.

I must stop or risk annoying all of you, but I could go on ad nauseum. I have noticed that films of saints made in their native countries are often the best. Go figure.

Try the Vatican Top 45. A very classy list.

http://www.nccbuscc.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml

[St.Rose]

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[Robert]

has anyone ever seen the pope john paul II movie? it was pretty cool.... all shooting done on site with full help of the vatican. it even has a part with (then) Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger! aka Der Heilige Vater Benedikt XVI

[alex001]

WINDHOVER - thanks for some great ideas! I'm going to order the Padre Pio movie at some point...

ROBERT - I saw a Pope John Paul II movie about his life up to the point of becoming Pope. I think there's a sequel - is that the one you're talking about? Though I think there's another movie about him, starring Angelina Jolies father!?


best wishes,
Alexis