List of films based on the Bible
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This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.
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Old Testament /Hebrew Bible[]
Genesis[]
Genesis in General[]
- The Green Pastures (1936)
- I patriarchi (1964) (Italy)
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
- The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979)
- In the Beginning (2000 miniseries)
- Is Genesis History? (2017)
- Genesis: Paradise Lost (2017)
Adam and Eve - Genesis 2-5[]
- Adam and Eve (1912)
- Adán, Eva y el diablo (1945) (Mexico)
- Adam wa Hawa (1951) (Egypt)
- Adam og Eva (1953) (Denmark)
- Adán y Eva (1956) (Mexico)
- El pecado de Adán y Eva (1969) (Mexico)
- "Ovoce stromů rajských jíme" (1970) (Czech Republic)
- Adamo ed Eva, la prima storia d'amore (1983) (Italy)
- Adipapam (1988) (India)
The Flood - Genesis 6-9[]
- Noah's Ark (1928)
- Father Noah's Ark (1933)
- Noah's Ark (1959)
- O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé (1983) (Brazil)
- La Biblia en pasta (1984) (Spain)
- Stowaways on the Ark (1988) (Germany)
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)
- Noah (1998)
- Fantasia 2000 (1999)
- Noah's Ark (TV miniseries) (1999)
- Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) (France)
- Noah's Ark (2007) (Argentina, Italy)
- Evan Almighty (2007)
- 40 Days and Nights (2012)
- Noah (2014)
- Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (2015) (Germany, Belgium, Ireland)
- The Ark (2015) (UK)
- VeggieTales: Noah's Ark (2015)
Abraham - Genesis 11:26-25:10[]
- Abraham (1993, TNT Bible Series)
- Abraham: The Friend of God (2008) (Iran)
- Abe and the Amazing Promise (2009)
- Young Abraham (2011)
Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19[]
- Lot in Sodom (1933)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
- Zohi Sdom (2010) (Israel)
Isaac - Genesis 24[]
- Isaac and Rebecca (1953) (Israel)
Jacob - Genesis 25:26-49:33[]
- The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974)
- Jacob (1994, TNT Bible Series)
- La Genese (1999) (France)
Dinah - Genesis 34[]
- The Red Tent (2014)
Joseph - Genesis 37-50[]
- Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914)
- The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (1962)
- Joseph (1995) (TNT Bible Series)
- Slave of Dreams (1995)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
- Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
- The Ballad of Little Joe (2003)
- Joseph: Beloved Son, Rejected Slave, Exalted Ruler (2015)
Moses (Exodus-Deuteronomy)[]
- The Ten Commandments (1923)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
- Moses und Aron (1975) (Germany)
- Moses (1995, TNT Bible Series)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006)
- The Ten Commandments (2007)
- Moe and the Big Exit (2007)
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
- Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (2014)
- (2016) (Brazil)
- Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019)
- Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle (2020)
Judges Era[]
General Judges[]
- Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909)
- Gideon and Samson: Great Leaders of the Bible (1965) (Italy)
- Gideon (TV-movie) (1971)
- Josh and the Big Wall (1997) (VeggieTales video)
- Gideon: Tuba Warrior (2006) (VeggieTales video)
Samson and Delilah - Judges 13-16[]
- (1902 film) France
- Samson and Delilah (1922)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)
- Aurat (1953) (India)[1]
- Samson (1964) (India)[2][3]
- Samson and Delilah (1984)
- Aaj Ka Samson (1991) (India)[4]
- Samson and Delilah (1996, TNT Bible Series)
- Samson (2018)
Ruth[]
- The Story of Ruth (1960)
- Duke and the Great Pie War (2005)
- The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009)
Kings and Queens of Israel[]
David - First Samuel 16:1-First Kings 2:11[]
- (1917)
- David and Bathsheba (1951)
- David and Goliath (1960)
- A Story of David (1961)
- Saul and David (1964)
- The Story of David (1976)
- King David (1985)
- Dave and the Giant Pickle (1996)
- David (1997, TNT Bible Series)
- King George and the Ducky (2000)
- David and Goliath (2005, Liken Bible Series)
- David and Goliath (2013) (India)
- David and Goliath (2015)
- David and Goliath (2016)
Solomon - First Kings 1-11[]
- The Queen of Sheba (1921)
- Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba (1952) (Philippines)
- La Regina di Saba (1952) (Italy)
- Solomon and Sheba (1959)
- Solomon (TV Movie) (1973)
- Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV)
- Solomon (1997, TNT Bible Series)
- The Kingdom of Solomon (2010) (Iran)
Jezebel - First Kings 16:29-Second Kings 9:37[]
- Sins of Jezebel (1953)
Prophets[]
- Jeremiah (1998, TNT Bible Series)
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)
- (2010)
- (2012)
Exile[]
Daniel[]
- Slaves of Babylon (1953)
- VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared? (1994)
- Rack, Shack, and Benny (1995)
- Daniel and the Lions (2006, Liken Bible Series)
- The Book of Daniel (2013)
Esther[]
- Esther and the King (1960)
- (1979)
- Esther (1999, TNT Bible Series)
- Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (2000)
- Esther and the King (2006, Liken Bible Series)
- One Night with the King (2006)
- The Book of Esther (2013)
Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha[]
- Judith of Bethulia (1914)
- The Old Testament (1962) (Book of Maccabees film)
New Testament /Christian Bible[]
Life of Christ[]
Arabic[]
- The Savior (2014) (Palestinian-Bulgarian-Jordanian production)
Aramaic/Latin[]
- The Passion of the Christ (2004) (USA) (Aramaic and Latin audio)
English[]
- Passion Play (1903)
- The Birth, Life and Death of Christ (1906) (France)
- From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
- Intolerance (1916)
- The King of Kings (1927)
- The Great Commandment (1939)
- Day of Triumph (1954)
- King of Kings (1961)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Wednesday Play: Son of Man (1969) (UK)
- Godspell (1973)
- Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
- The Passover Plot (1976)
- Jesus of Nazareth (TV series) (1977)
- The Nativity (1978, TV)
- Jesus (1979)
- The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke (1979)
- (1987)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- The Revolutionary (1995)
- The Revolutionary II (1996)
- The Visual Bible: Matthew (1997) (South Africa)
- Jesus (1999, TNT Bible Series)
- The Gospel of John (2003) (Canada/UK)
- Son of Man (2006) (South Africa)
- Color of the Cross (2006)
- The First Christmas (Liken Bible Series) (2006)
- The Nativity Story (2006)
- The Passion (TV serial) (2008)
- The Road to Emmaus (2009)
- Killing Jesus (2013)
- Son of God (2014)
- The Gospel of John (2014)
- Last Days in the Desert (2015)
- The Young Messiah (2016)
- Risen (2016)
Filipino[]
- Kristo (1996) (Philippines)
French[]
- Vie et Passion du Christ (1903) (France)
- Golgotha (1935) (France)
German[]
- I.N.R.I (1923) (Germany)
- Jesus – der Film (1986) (Germany)
Italian[]
- Christus (1916) (Italy)
- Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) (Italy)
- The Messiah (1975) (Italy)
- (1987) (Italy)
- L'inchiesta (2006) (Italy)
Malayalam[]
Persian[]
- The Messiah (2007) (Iran)
Sinhala[]
- Christhu Charithaya (1990) (Sri Lanka)
- (TV 1999) (Sri Lanka)
- (TV 2013) (Sri Lanka)
Spanish[]
- Jesús de Nazareth (1942) (Mexico)
- María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala (1945) (Mexico)
- Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1945) (Mexico)
- El Mártir del Calvario (1952) (Mexico)
- El Beso de Judas (1953) (Spain)
- El Redentor (1957) (Spain)
- El Proceso de Cristo (1965) (Mexico)
- Jesús, el niño Dios (1969) (Mexico)
- Jesús, María y José (1969) (Mexico)
- Jesús, nuestro Señor (1970) (Mexico)
- La Vida de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo (1986) (Mexico)
- (2010) (Spain)
Telugu[]
- Karunamayudu (1978) (India)[5]
- Rajadhi Raju (1980) (India)[7][8]
- Shanti Sandesham (2004) (India)[5][9]
- Mulla Kireetam (2005) (India)[5][10]
Animated movies[]
- The Miracle Maker (2000) (UK) (a Stopmotion film)
- The Lion of Judah (2011)
- The Star (2017)
- The Animated Bible Series (Free and Open content work-in-progress project.[11]
Mary, Mother of Jesus[]
- Saint Mary (2000) (Iran)
- Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999, TV)
- (1995) (France)
- Mary of Nazareth 2012 (Italy)
- Full of Grace (2015)
Herod the Great[]
- Erode il Grande (1959) (Italy)
Mary Magdalene[]
- Magdalanaattu Mary (1957) (India)[12]
- The Friends of Jesus - Mary Magdalene[13] (2000)
- Mary Magdalene (2018)
John the Baptist[]
- Snapaka Yohannan (1963) (India)[12]
Salome[]
Judas Iscariot[]
- Blade af Satans bog (1920) (Denmark)
- El beso de Judas (1953) (Spain)
- Neither Are We Enemies (1970-TV)
- The Friends of Jesus - Judas[14] (2001)
- Judas (2004)
- Story of Judas (2015) (France)
Barabbas[]
Parable of the Prodigal Son[]
- L'Enfant prodigue (1907) (France)
- L'Enfant prodigue (1916) (France)
- The Prodigal (1955)
Life of the Apostles[]
- Quo Vadis (1951) (USA)
- The Big Fisherman (1959)
- Thomasleeha (1975) (India)[18]
- Peter and Paul (1981-TV)
- A.D. Anno Domini (1985)
- Dayamayudu (1987) (India)[5][19]
- The Visual Bible: Acts (1994)
- The Emissary[20] (1997)
- Stephen's Test of Faith (1998)
- St. Paul (a. k. a. Paul the Apostle)[21] (2000)
- St. Peter (2005-TV)
- The Friends of Jesus - Thomas[22] (2001) (Italy)
- Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (2012)
- A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)
- Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
- Acts of the Apostles (Rossellini)
Creative[]
- The Fourth Wise Man (1985)
- Jesus of Montreal (French-Canadian) (1989)
- Joshua (2002)
- Mary (2005)
- Jesus Loves Me (2012)
- He Knows My Name (2015)
Revelation / Apocalypse[]
- A Thief in the Night (1972)
- A Distant Thunder (1978)
- The Late, Great Planet Earth (1979)
- (1980)
- Years of the Beast (1981)
- Early Warning (1981)
- The Prodigal Planet (1983)
- The Seventh Sign (1988)
- The Rapture (1991)
- Apocalypse (1998)
- Apocalypse II: Revelation (1999)
- Apocalypse III: Tribulation (1999)
- The Moment After (1999)
- The Omega Code (1999)
- The Apocalypse (2000, TNT Bible Series)
- Left Behind: The Movie (2000) (V)
- Apocalypse IV: Judgment (2001)
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
- Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) (V)
- Apocalypse (2002, TNT Bible Series)
- Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
- Left Behind: World at War (2005)
- The Poor Ones in the Paradise (2005)
- (2006)
- The Book of Eli (2010)
- This Is The End (2013)
- Left Behind (2014)
Fictional interpolations[]
Adam and Eve[]
- (1976)
- Year One (film) (2009)
- The Tragedy of Man (2011) (Hungary)
Moses[]
- Wholly Moses! (1980)
- The Ten (2007)
- Seder-Masochism (2018)
Samson[]
- Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963)
Esther[]
- Megillas Lester (2014)
Ben-Hur[]
Early Christians[]
- The Robe (1953)
- Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
- Quo Vadis? (1901) (France)
- Quo Vadis? (1910) (France)
- Quo Vadis? (1913) (Italy)
- The Sign of the Cross (1914)
- Quo Vadis? (1924) (Germany)
- The Sign of the Cross (1932)
- The Silver Chalice (1954)
- Punitha Anthoniyar (1977) (India)[23]
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) (UK)
- (1982) (France)
- Quo Vadis? (2001) (Poland)
- Agora (2009) (Spain)
See also[]
- The Bible in film
- Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ
- Lists of movie source material
- List of Christian films
- List of Islamic films
References[]
- ^ Liddle, Madhulika (22 July 2009). "Aurat (1953)". Dustedoff.
- ^ Ernest Mathijs; Jamie Sexton (22 November 2019). The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-317-36223-4.
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Aaj Ka Samson". Eros Now.
- ^ a b c d e Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch (12 September 2016). The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film. De Gruyter. p. 1068. ISBN 978-1-5015-0016-9.
- ^ "Jesus". Disney+ Hotstar.
- ^ Hervé Dumont (2009). L'Antiquité au cinéma: vérités, légendes et manipulations. Nouveau Monde. p. 429. ISBN 978-2-84736-476-7.
- ^ "Rajadhi Raju 1980". MX Player.
- ^ "Shanti Sandesham 2004". MX Player.
- ^ "Mulla Kireetam". Eros Now.
- ^ "The Animated Bible Series". revelationmedia.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved Sep 24, 2018.
- ^ a b Vijayakumar, B. (12 August 2012). "Snapaka Yohannan, 1963". The Hindu.
- ^ "Mary Magdalene (TV Movie 2000) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "The Friends of Jesus - Judas (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Give Us Barabbas!". IMDb.
- ^ Aneesh Daniel on LinkedIn
- ^ Holyfire Ministry (April 30, 2009). Story of Barabbas - 1/3 (Hindi). Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Thomasleeha". Eros Now.
- ^ "Dayamayudu 1987". MX Player.
- ^ "The Emissary: A Biblical Epic". IMDb.
- ^ "San Paolo". IMDb.
- ^ "The Friends of Jesus - Thomas (TV Movie 2001) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Punitha Anthoniyar/Kuzhandhai Yesu/Annai Velankani". Amazon India.
Print sources[]
- Reinhartz, Adele. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-1-61451-561-6.
- Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda. The Bible in Motion. A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film. Routledge. ISBN 0415677203.
- Baugh, Lloyd. Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-figures in Film. Sheed & Ward. ISBN 1556128630.
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