What Your Favorite Religious Movie ?

[Data]

Its got everything you could possibly want in a movie. Gary Oldman, Denzel Washington, senseless violence, explosions and an ending that was somewhat surprising. The vague religious references throughout are tolerable. I don't normally want anything to do with most religious art, music or film but there are exceptions if the nonsense is kept to a minimum or there is only some aspect of it that somehow alludes vaguely to religious nonsense.

[Jehanne]

Saved! with Mandy Moore, a must see, especially, the extended cut.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I saw this in the theater when it came out and eventually had the album memorized.  Crazily enough, we even 'studied' the album in music class at the Catholic school I attended.

This was a time when we started having visits from Jesus Freaks as the powers that be thought we could relate to them.  Good looking kids our own ages, or slightly older, who had been saved from some issue in life through their newfound love for all things Jesus.

I still watch the movie now and then.  And, I still remember all the words to all the songs.

Ted Neely unleashes one of the most amazing screams in the history of rock, at 3:00 in this song (and more around 3:40):





Hearing it as a kid I was blown away, right up there with Roger Daltrey on "Won't Get Fooled Again".

As for the thread's topic, I'm not much of a movie guy, but Pacino's performance in The Devil's Advocate is pretty great.

[Mister Agenda]

I bet that had a well-developed backstory....

[Fake Messiah]

I just remembered one religious movie that is pretty good, and that is Defending Your Life (1991).

Although I am not sure what religion that would be - maybe the same one as Rothko Chapel?

[Uberpod]

Frailty is good.