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Theme: Miracles

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

12 February 200131 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Miraculous Child/Meta-Fiction

Director: Peter Greenaway
Actors: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone
Category: Fantasy

The Black Rider: Revelation Road (2014)

16 April 202016 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Film in the Aftermath of The Rapture

Director: Gabriel Sabloff
Actors: David A.R. White, James Denton, Hilty Bowen, Michael Bailey Smith, …
Category: Fantasy

Bless the Child (2000)

11 August 200030 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Satanists Pursue Divine Child

Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Kim Basinger, Rufus Sewell, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, …
Category: Horror

Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

31 March 199920 February 2020

Rating: ★

Gonzo Road Movie

Director: John Landis
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, Nia Peeples, …
Category: Fantasy

The Brand New Testament (2015)

21 August 20165 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

God Living in the Modern World/Black Comedy

Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Actors: Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Yolanda Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, …
Category: Fantasy

Breaking the Waves (1996)

13 December 19996 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Religion and Miracles

Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Adrian Rawlins, …
Category: Fantasy

Bruce Almighty (2003)

8 July 200321 May 2020

Rating: ★

Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dance of Reality (2013)

21 July 201431 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Surreal Autobiography

Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Actors: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bastian Bodenhofer, …
Category: Fantasy

Dark at Noon (1992)

3 June 20018 June 2020

Rating: ★

Village of Miracles/Surrealism

Director: Raul Ruiz
Actors: John Hurt, David Warner, Didier Bourdon, Daniel Prevost
Category: Fantasy

Desperation (2006)

20 October 20096 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Stephen King Adaptation/Possessed Sheriff

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Tom Skerritt, Ron Perlman, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, …
Category: Horror

Evan Almighty (2007)

23 September 200721 May 2020

Rating: ★

Modern-Day Noah’s Ark Comedy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Green Mile (1999)

24 December 199923 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Miracle-Healing Death Row Inmate/Stephen King Addaptation

Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, Doug Hutchinson, David Morse, …
Category: Fantasy

Hail Mary (1984)

13 December 200314 June 2019

Rating: 0­

Modern Day Immaculate Conception

Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Juliette Binoche, Philippe Lacoste, …
Category: Fantasy

Household Saints (1993)

3 May 200018 February 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Catholicism and Miracles

Director: Nancy Savoca
Actors: Lili Taylor, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tracey Ullman, Judith Malina, …
Category: Fantasy

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001)

9 September 200912 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Comedy

Director: Lee Gordon Demarbre
Actors: Phil Caracas, Maria Moulton, Murielle Varhelyi, Jeff Moffet, …
Category: Horror

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937)

5 February 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Man Gains Miraculous Powers

Director: Lothar Mendes
Actors: Roland Young, Ralph Richardson, Ernest Thesiger, Edward Chapman, …
Category: Fantasy

The Miracle (1959)

7 April 201330 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Statue of the Virgin Mary Comes to Life/Catholic Historical Romance

Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Isobel Elsom, …
Category: Fantasy

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

11 September 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Love After Death/Catholicism

Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Josephine Hutchinson, Eileen Heckart, …
Category: Fantasy

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

8 August 200422 September 2018

Rating: 0­

Catholicism and Miracles

Director: Irving Pichel
Actors: Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb, …
Category: Fantasy

Noah (2014)

12 April 201423 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Biblical Legend

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, …
Category: Fantasy

Oh, God! (1977)

12 November 200213 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

The Almighty Appears Comedy

Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Paul Sorvino, …
Category: Fantasy

Oh God Book II (1980)

6 January 200630 August 2018

Rating: ★

The Almighty Appears Comedy

Director: Gilbert Gates
Actors: George Burns, Louanne, David Birney, Suzanne Pleshette, …
Category: Fantasy

Ordet (1955)

20 December 201730 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Religion and Miracles

Director: Carl Theodore Dreyer
Actors: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, …
Category: Fantasy

Outside Satan (2011)

31 December 201113 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: Bruno Dumont
Actors: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lematre, Valerie Mestdagh, Juliette Bacquet, …
Category: Fantasy

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

2 December 200711 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Christian Torture Film

Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Hritso Naumov Shopov, …
Category: Horror

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

10 May 199912 March 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/The Biblical Exodus

Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
Actors: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, …
Category: Fantasy

The Reaping (2007)

5 May 200720 May 2020

Rating: ★½

Modern-Day Biblical Plagues

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb, …
Category: Horror

Revelation (1999)

9 October 20038 December 2020

Rating: ★★

The Anti-Christ in Virtual Reality

Director: Andre van Heerden
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Carol Alt, Nick Mancuso, Tony Nappo, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sacrfice (1986)

3 December 200321 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Praying Back the Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Gudrun S. Gisladottir, …
Category: Fantasy

Saving Grace (1998)

18 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Contemporary Jesus

Director: Costa Botes
Actors: Jim Moriarty, Kirsty Hamilton
Category: Fantasy

Stigmata (1999)

11 September 199923 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Possession/Catholic Conspiracy

Director: Rupert Wainwright
Actors: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Dick Latessa, …
Category: Horror

Strange Cargo (1940)

3 January 200127 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Jesus Christ Aids Devil’s Island Escapees

Director: Frank Borzage
Actors: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, …
Category: Fantasy

Teorema (1968)

30 April 201313 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Miraculous Visitor

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Laura Betti, Massimo Girotti
Category: Fantasy

That Eye, The Sky (1994)

31 May 201012 November 2018

Rating: ★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: John Ruane
Actors: Peter Coyote, Lisa Harrow, Jamie Croft, Amanda Douge, …
Category: Fantasy

The Third Miracle (1999)

4 November 199922 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Catholic Sainthood and Miracles

Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Ed Harris, Anne Heche, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael Rispoli, …
Category: Fantasy

Tribulation (2000)

26 February 200721 October 2019

Rating: ★

Christian End Times/Anti-Christ Dystopia

Director: Andre van Heerden
Actors: Gary Busey, Margot Kidder, Nick Mancuso, Howie Mandel, …
Category: Fantasy

The Visitation (2006)

16 November 201515 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Christian Film/Ambiguous Miracle-Healing Stranger

Director: Robby Henson
Actors: Martin Donovan, Edward Furlong, Kelly Lynch, Randy Travis, …
Category: Horror

Visitor Q (2001)

21 March 201020 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Catalogue of Perversions/Mysterious Visitor/Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Horror

Winter’s Tale (2014)

15 February 201417 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Urban Fantasy/Romance/Fate and Miracles

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Actors: Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jessica Brown-Findlay, William Hurt, …
Category: Fantasy

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

24 May 200918 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Afterlife for Suicides

Director: Goran Dukic
Actors: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, …
Category: Fantasy

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