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Theme: Miracles

Miracles are events outside the rules of the everyday world that come with no apparent cause and are seemingly attributable to divine agency ie. God.

Miracles can be everything from the parting of the Red Sea to the Immaculate Conception or appearances of the Virgin Mary. The most common form of miracles are healings and there is a seeming entire industry of people in the real world who promote themselves as faith healers.

There are several films dealing with the appearance of miracles or miracle workers in the modern world. In a number of works, these are often seen as ambiguous and quite possibly diabolic in nature.

Other works depict classic examples of miracles playing out in modern surroundings with different or comic results. A number of pro-faith works (see Christian Cinema) believe miracles will bring people to a belief in religion.


The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

12 February 200115 October 2024

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

Cold Heaven (1991)

15 July 202415 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Resurrection

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Theresa Russell, Mark Harmon, James Russo, Will Patton, …
Category: Fantasy

The Dance of Reality (2013)

21 July 201428 June 2021

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

Encanto (2021)

7 January 202226 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Magical House

Director: Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Actors: Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Jessica Darrow, …
Category: Fantasy

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 Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (2016)

28 December 202129 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Possession and Exorcism/”True Story”

Director: Andrew Jones
Actors: Lee Bane, Tiffany Ceri, Jeffrey Raggett, Judith Haley, …
Category: Horror

Greaser’s Palace (1972)

7 May 20247 May 2024

Rating: ★★

Acid Western/Christ-like Visitor

Director: Robert Downey
Actors: Allan Arbus, Albert Henderson, Luana Anders, George Morgan, …
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 200328 May 2021

Rating: 0­

Modern Day Immaculate Conception

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

Household Saints (1993)

3 May 20002 September 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Catholicism and Miracles

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

I Am … Gabriel (2012)

1 July 202116 April 2024

Rating: ★

Miraculous Child/Christian Film

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

Immaculate (2024)

26 April 20247 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Immaculate Conception Horror

Director: Michael Mohan
Actors: Sydney Sweeney, Alvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, …
Category: Horror

Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter (2001)

9 September 200924 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Comedy

Director: Lee Gordon Demarbre
Actors: Phil Caracas, Maria Moulton
Category: Horror

Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002)

10 February 202230 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Christian Anti-Christ Film

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

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937)

14 April 200130 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Man Gains Miraculous Powers

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

Midnight Mass (2021)

9 October 20217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

Vampires and Religion

Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: Kate Siegel, Hamish Linklater, Zach Gilford, Henry Thomas, …
Category: Horror

The Miracle (1959)

7 April 201312 September 2024

Rating: 0­

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

Director: Irving Rapper
Actors: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, …
Category: Fantasy

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

11 September 19999 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Love After Death/Catholicism

Director: Rudolph Maté
Actors: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Eileen Heckart, William Gargan, …
Category: Fantasy

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

1 January 20109 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Catholicism and Miracles

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

The Next Voice You Hear … (1950)

18 March 202118 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Messages from God on the Radio

Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Jeff Corey
Category: Fantasy

Noah (2014)

12 April 201421 January 2025

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)

19 June 200523 January 2025

Rating: ★

The Almighty Appears Comedy

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

Ordet (1955)

20 December 201715 March 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Religion and Miracles

Director: Carl Dreyer
Category: Fantasy

Outside Satan (2011)

31 December 20119 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: Bruno Dumont
Actors: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemaitre
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

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

10 May 199924 June 2021

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 200328 February 2025

Rating: ★★

The Anti-Christ in Virtual Reality

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

The Sacrifice (1986)

3 December 200319 August 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Praying Back the Nuclear Holocaust

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Sven Wollter
Category: Fantasy

Saving Grace (1998)

18 February 19996 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Contemporary Jesus

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

Stalker (1979)

7 October 202424 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Alien Affected Zone

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh, …
Category: Science Fiction

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 200128 March 2025

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)

14 September 200228 April 2022

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 200730 July 2024

Rating: ★

Christian End Times/Anti-Christ Dystopia

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

The Unholy (2021)

10 September 20217 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Sinisterly Ambiguous Miracleworker

Director: Evan Spiliotopoulos
Actors: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, William Sadler, Katie Aselton, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Horror

The Visitation (2006)

16 November 20153 March 2023

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 201410 June 2025

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 200913 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Afterlife for Suicides

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

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Theme Essays

  • 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
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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