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Theme: Christian Cinema


Christian Cinema (often referred to as faith-based cinema) refers to films made by Christian believers intended for Christian audiences and to preach the message to non-believers. This should be differentiated from regular films that employ Christian themes (depictions of Heaven/Hell, God/The Devil, use of the crucifix to repel vampires etc) as fictional devices. By contrast, the films here are made by people who are believers.

The genre has emerged from sporadic releases of the 1970s to a series of obscure low-budget video-releases in the 1990s to an increasing prominence and mainstream theatrical release in the 2000s employing name stars.

Entries listed here feature appearances of The Almighty, Jesus or the miraculous in the present-day or people who have experiences that lead them to believe. By far and away, the most popular treatments listed here concern themselves with the Biblical End Times Prophecies scenarios – the end of the world as predicted in The Book of Revelations, The Rapture, the rise of the Antichrist etc.


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

Book of Days (2003)

14 February 20106 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Book With the Dates of People’s Deaths

Director: Harry Ambrose
Actors: Wil Wheaton, Richard Grieco, Deborah Raffin, Isaac Hayes, …
Category: Fantasy

The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

13 November 200530 June 2022

Rating: ★

Demonic Possession/”True Story”

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Carpenter, Campbell Scott, …
Category: Horror

I Am … Gabriel (2012)

1 July 20217 July 2022

Rating: ★

Miraculous Child/Christian Film

Director: Mike Norris
Actors: Dean Cain, John Schneider, Gavin Casalegno, Elise Baughman, …
Category: Fantasy

Left Behind (2000)

27 November 200316 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Christian Anti-Christ Film

Director: Vic Sarin
Actors: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie, Janaya Stephens, …
Category: Fantasy

Left Behind (2014)

22 October 201427 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Christian Rapture Film

Director: Vic Armstrong
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, Cassi Thomson, Nicky Whelan, …
Category: Fantasy

Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)

10 February 202216 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Christian Anti-Christ Film

Director: Bill Corcoran
Actors: Kirk Cameron, Brad Johnson, Gordon Currie, Janaya Stephens, …
Category: Fantasy

Left Behind – Vanished: Next Generation (2016)

28 April 20172 December 2021

Rating: ★

Young Adult/Christian Rapture Film

Director: Larry A. McLean
Actors: Amber Frank, Tom Everett Scott, Mason Dye, Dylan Sprayberry, …
Category: Fantasy

Left Behind: World at War (2005)

9 September 200711 February 2022

Rating: ½

Christian Anti-Christ Film

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Lou Gossett Jr, Kirk Cameron, Jessica Steen, Janaya Stephens, …
Category: Fantasy

The Moment After (1999)

8 December 202010 February 2022

Rating: ★★

The Biblical Rapture

Director: Wes Llewellyn
Actors: David A.R. White, Kevin Downes, Brad Heller, Troy Winbush, …
Category: Fantasy

The Omega Code (1999)

5 July 20028 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Christian Anti-Christ Film

Director: Robert Marcarelli
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Michael Ironside, Catherine Oxenberg, …
Category: Fantasy

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

2 December 200723 March 2022

Rating: ★★

Christian Torture Film

Director: Mel Gibson
Actors: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Claudia Gerini, …
Category: Horror

Raging Angels (1994)

19 October 200224 June 2021

Rating: ★

Christian Spiritual War

Director: Alan Smithee
Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Paré, Diane Ladd, Monet Mazur, …
Category: Fantasy

Red Letters (2019)

9 June 202216 September 2022

Rating: ★½

Occult Investigators

Director: Jim Klock
Actors: Jim Klock, Mike Capozzi, Chad Ridgely, Kyra Kennedy, …
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

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)

23 February 201510 September 2021

Rating: ★★

The Biblical Rapture

Director: Gabriel Sabloff
Actors: David A.R. White, Ray Wise, Brian Bosworth, Noell Coet, …
Category: Fantasy

Revelation Road: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)

29 March 201727 February 2020

Rating: ★★

The Biblical Rapture

Director: Gabriel Sabloff
Actors: David A.R. White, Brian Bosworth, Andrea Logan White, Noell Coet, …
Category: Fantasy

The Shack (2017)

29 May 201727 February 2020

Rating: ★

Man Invited to a Meeting with God

Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Actors: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, Radha Mitchell, …
Category: Fantasy

Split Infinity (1992)

2 June 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Children’s Time Travel Story

Director: Stan Ferguson
Actors: Melora Slover, Trevor Black, Barta Heiner, H.E.D. Bradford, …
Category: Fantasy

Suing the Devil (2011)

21 August 201324 August 2021

Rating: 0­

Satan on Trial in Court

Director: Tim Chey
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Bart Bronson, Ros Gentle, Jennifer Skyler, …
Category: Fantasy

Time Changer (2002)

25 May 201530 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Christian Time Travel Film

Director: Rich Christiano
Actors: D. David Morin, Gavin MacLeod, Paul Rodriguez, Hal Linden, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tribulation (2000)

26 February 200711 February 2022

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 201530 July 2022

Rating: ★★½

Christian Film/Ambiguous Miracle-Healing Stranger

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

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  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
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  • Secret Societies
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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
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  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
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  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
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