
Ron Howard's
The Da Vinci Code was critically panned and commercially victorious. Say what you will, Americans love a religious nail-biter even if it bites. Yet that doesn't mean all religious epics are created equal. In the best of the bunch, filmmakers expand a traditional tale by jazzing it up with bloody fight scenes, over-the-top F/X, and decidedly modern storytelling. Here are ten religious movies -- across all faiths and genres -- worthy of devotion.

Posted by Sara Cardace
April 8, 2009 12:01am
Filed under: Classic Ten, Photo Galleries, Themed Movie Lists
Tags: ben-hur, dogma, little buddha, monty python and the holy grail, the greatest story ever told, the last temptation of christ, the message, the passion of the christ, the ten commandments, the wicker man
Not a bad list, but really, "Last Temptation" as number one? It had its good side, but it truly spat in the face of traditional Christianity to no particularly good purpose. I would call it a good movie, but not a religious one. SciFi/Fantasy, maybe.