The Ninth Day

The Ninth Day is a German film, made in 2004 and directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It was released by Kino International. The film is about a Catholic priest from Luxembourg who is imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp, but released for nine days. The story is based on a portion of Pfarrerblock 25487, the diary of Father Jean Bernard (1907–1994). "Pfarrerblock 25487" was recently translated into English by Deborah Lucas Schneider. The English-language translation is entitled "Priestblock 25487: A Memoir of Dachau" and was released in 2007...

The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ (Latin: Passio Christi) is a 2004 film directed, co-written and co-produced by Mel Gibson. It is based on the New Testament accounts of the arrest, trial, torture, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, events commonly known as The Passion. The film’s dialogue is in Aramaic, Latin, and Hebrew, with English subtitles. It is the highest grossing non-English language and R-rated film ever to be released...

Noah's Ark

The biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood gets a decidedly unusual retelling in this film, produced as a two-part TV movie and first aired on NBC in May 1999. Noah Jon Voight is an ordinary laborer who one day begins receiving messages from God. It seems the Lord has a special assignment for him: since God is planning on destroying the world with a massive flood, he wants Noah to build a giant ark and fill it with one male and one female of each animal on earth. So why Noah of all people?...

Marcelino pan y vino (The Miracle of Marcelino)

The Miracle of Marcelino (Spanish: ''Marcelino pan y vino'') is a 1955 Spanish film. It was a success, and other countries have produced versions of it. The 1955 film was written by José María Sánchez Silva, who based it on his novel, and directed by Ladislao Vajda. Its stars were Rafael Rivelles, Juan Calvo (who also starred together as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the 1947 Spanish film version of Cervantes's Don Quixote) and the young child star Pablito Calvo (no relation to Juan) as Marcelino. The background score and the film's theme song are by Pablo Sorozábal...

Fireproof

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter... just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being "good enough" for her husband..

Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken is an 2009 American drama film directed by Bill Duke. The film is written by Brian Bird based on T. D. Jakes's novel of the same name. After years of disagreeing on what true happiness, success, and love really are, Dave (Morris Chestnut) and Clarice Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) have finally reached a breaking point in their marriage. When Clarice is severely injured (and crippled) in a car accident, the interference of her cackling mother Mary (Jenifer Lewis), the obvious truth that more than just her injuries need immediate attention is exposed...

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story is the title of a 1956 novel by Kathryn Hulme. Hulme wrote the book based partly upon the experiences of her friend, Marie Louise Habets of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, a Belgian nurse and an ex-nun (it is often erroneously stated that the book was based upon Hulme's own experiences). The lead character of the book, Sister Luke (real name Gabrielle Van Der Mal) finds her faith tested in Africa where she finds herself at odds with headstrong Dr. Fortunati, operator of a remote Congo hospital, with whom she gradually builds respect, and again during World War II when she is ordered not to take sides. Ultimately, Sister Luke is forced to decide whether to remain in the convent or return to the outside world...

The Bible Collection: Jesus

Jeremy Sisto (CLUELESS, SUICIDE KINGS) stars as the son of God in this mini-series that vividly explores the life and mission of Jesus of Nazareth. Epic in scale and production, and featuring a strong international cast (Gary Oldman, Jacqueline Bisset, Luca Zingaretti, Jeroen Krabbe), this drama traces Jesus's journey from simple carpenter to spiritual leader, philosopher and martyr - focusing on his compassionate teachings as well as his relationships with Mary, Joseph, his apostles, persecutors, and the heavenly father...

Time Changer

Time Changer is an independent Christian film directed by Rich Christiano and released by Five & Two Pictures in 2002. In the movie, Dr. Norris Anderson (Gavin MacLeod) uses his late father's time machine to send his colleague, Bible professor Russell Carlisle (D. David Morin), from 1890 into the early 21st century. The film was also one of the very first offered through Sky Angel's "Video On Demand" service...

Thomas More - A man for all Seasons

A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt. An early form of the play had been written for BBC Radio in 1954, but after Bolt's success with The Flowering Cherry, he reworked it for the stage. It was first performed in London opening at the Globe Theatre (now Gielgud Theatre) on July 1, 1960. It later found its way to Broadway, enjoying a critically and commercially successful run of over a year. It has had several revivals, and was subsequently made into a feature film and a television movie...

St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor

Giuseppe Moscati, “the holy physician of Naples,” was a medical doctor and layman in the early 20th century who came from an aristocratic family and devoted his medical career to serving the poor. He was also a medical school professor and a pioneer in the field of biochemistry whose research led to the discovery of insulin as a cure for diabetes. Moscati regarded his medical practice as a lay apostolate, a ministry to his suffering fellowmen. Before examining a patient or engaging in research he would place himself in the presence of God. He encouraged his patients to receive the sacraments. Dr. Moscati treated poor patients free of charge, and would often send someone home with an envelope containing a prescription and a 50-lire note...

The Messiah - Prophecy Fulfilled

Nick Mancuso plays Rabbi Yehudah an excellent teacher who knows the Holy scriptures... After following and studying Yeshua (Jesus) the Rabbi knows with out a doubt Yeshua, is the Son of the living God that has come to fulfill all the prophecies relating to the Messiahs coming foretold by the prophets... During the Jewish observance of Passover, Rabbi Yehudah and his family share a Seder meal in a traditional Passover sitting... Rabbi Yehudah in a superb teaching explains in detail how the Seder itself, as well as the prophecies of the Torah, have been fulfilled in Yeshua (Jesus). However, during the teaching the Rabbi is challenged by two younger brothers, for his acceptance of Yeshua as the Messiah...

Into Great Silence (German: Die Große Stille) is a documentary film directed by Philip Gröning that was first released in 2005. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now willing to permit Gröning to shoot the movie, if he was still interested...