Son of God (2014)

Actors: Diogo Morgado (actor), Mark Burnett (producer), Roma Downey (producer), Roma Downey (actress), Lorne Balfe (composer), Simon Kunz (actor), Paul Brightwell (actor), Louise Delamere (actress), Fraser Ayres (actor), Darwin Shaw (actor), Christopher Spencer (director), Christopher Spencer (writer), Andrew Brooke (actor), Adrian Schiller (actor), Sebastian Knapp (actor),

Plot: This film brings the story of Jesus' life to audiences through compelling cinematic storytelling that is both powerful and inspirational. Told with the scope and scale of an action epic, the film features powerful performances, exotic locales, dazzling visual effects and a rich orchestral score from Oscar®-winner Hans Zimmer. Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado portrays the role of Jesus as the film spans from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection.

Genres: Drama,

Sharpe's Peril (2008)

Actors: Sean Bean (actor), Michael Cochrane (actor), Dominic Muldowney (composer), Tom Clegg (director), John Tams (composer), David Robb (actor), Daragh O'Malley (actor), Velibor Topic (actor), Steve Speirs (actor), Martin Hancock (actor), Beatrice Rosen (actress), Malcolm Craddock (producer), Marissa Cowell (miscellaneous crew), Muir Sutherland (producer), Nandana Sen (actress),

Plot: Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...

Keywords: 19th-century, adventure-hero, based-on-novel, battle, battlefield, bayonet, blood, blood-spatter, british-army, british-empire
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War,

Quotes:

Richard Sharpe: These people were farmers, Pat. No threat to anyone. Where's the profit in it?

Marie-Angelique Bonnet: [First lines] You, soldier. Dance with me.::Richard Sharpe: I do not dance.::Marie-Angelique Bonnet: Do not, sir? Or cannot?::Richard Sharpe: Will not.

Patrick Harper: [watches Sharpe get slapped by a noblewoman] Still have your way with the ladies, then?

Richard Sharpe: If it's gratitude you're after, you've joined the wrong army.

Richard Sharpe: I am no longer in the service of His Majesty. My business in India concluded I am for Calcutta to England.::Viscount Sedgefield: I cannot persuade you? Well perhaps then, you might at least be prevailed upon to perform one last duty? In which case I assure you there is no trouble to yourself.::Richard Sharpe: Aye. If I can.

Richard Sharpe: [Preparing to bleed a horse] Keep the bugger still, Pat!

Wormwood: [Glances down] That's elephant shit. [Sharpe steps around it in surprise]

Marie-Angelique Bonnet: You mean to leave me here? In the company of common soldiers!::Richard Sharpe: Good practice, I'd have thought. You're set to marry one aren't you?::Marie-Angelique Bonnet: Major Joubert is a gentleman.::Richard Sharpe: Aye, well God help him.

Richard Sharpe: Sooner an honest murderer, than a man should steal from his mates.

Subedar Pillai: I would rest easier that we had a professional soldier with us.

Manchester Passion (2006)

Actors: Keith Allen (actor), Keith Allen (actor), Tony Wilson (actor), Peter Maniura (editor), Michael Matheson (miscellaneous crew), Phil Chilvers (director), Marc Price (miscellaneous crew), Philip Sheppard (composer), Chris Bisson (actor), Darren Morfitt (actor), Nicholas R. Bailey (actor), Sue Judd (producer), Andy King-Dabbs (writer), Danny Thornton (actor), Tim Booth (actor),

Plot: The last hours of Jesus Christ's life told through the meaning of music from some of Manchester's greatest musicians: New Order, Oasis and The Smiths to name but a few.

Genres: Drama, Music, Musical,

Unlocking Ancient Secrets of the Bible (2006)

Actors: Hans Hernke (actor), David McKenzie (producer), Stefan Kollmuss (actor), John Ross (composer), Michael Bouson (director), Hans Hernke (miscellaneous crew), Michael Bouson (producer), Roger Moore (actor), Paul Sharratt (producer), Domiziano Arcangeli (actor), Luis Fernandez-Gil (actor), Monique La Barr (actress), Nevin Millan (actor), Chris Merrill (editor), Eric La Barr (actor),

Genres: Documentary,

Judas (2004)

Actors: Tom Fontana (producer), Johnathon Schaech (actor), Tom Fontana (writer), Bill Conti (composer), Tim Matheson (actor), Ralph Berge (miscellaneous crew), Bob Gunton (actor), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Marlene Sharp (miscellaneous crew), Robert C. Campion (miscellaneous crew), Owen Teale (actor), Charles Robert Carner (director), Raúl Dávalos (editor), Suzanne Bertish (actress), Fiona Glascott (actress),

Plot: Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, even though they often see things very differently. Ultimately, Judas is convinced that Jesus needs to use his popularity and wonder-working powers to free the Jews from the Romans, and Jesus sees a larger, spritual perspective. As a friend, Judas convinces Jesus to give his disciples his miraculous powers, and he does with good results. Finally, the Jewish leaders spy on Judas and convince him of the greater good of betraying Jesus, in order to save the Jewish people. Judas gets caught between the corrupt leaders, Caiaphus and Pontius Pilate, and Jesus.

Keywords: arrest, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-true-story, betrayal, biblical, bound-to-x-shaped-cross, character-name-in-title, christian, christianity
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,

Quotes:

Pontius Pilate: What in the name of sweet Minerva is a Messiah?

High Priest Caiaphas: I hear that Jesus is quite captivating. I look forward to meeting the young fellow.

Judas (2004)

Actors: Tom Fontana (producer), Johnathon Schaech (actor), Tom Fontana (writer), Bill Conti (composer), Tim Matheson (actor), Ralph Berge (miscellaneous crew), Bob Gunton (actor), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Marlene Sharp (miscellaneous crew), Robert C. Campion (miscellaneous crew), Owen Teale (actor), Charles Robert Carner (director), Raúl Dávalos (editor), Suzanne Bertish (actress), Fiona Glascott (actress),

Plot: Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, even though they often see things very differently. Ultimately, Judas is convinced that Jesus needs to use his popularity and wonder-working powers to free the Jews from the Romans, and Jesus sees a larger, spritual perspective. As a friend, Judas convinces Jesus to give his disciples his miraculous powers, and he does with good results. Finally, the Jewish leaders spy on Judas and convince him of the greater good of betraying Jesus, in order to save the Jewish people. Judas gets caught between the corrupt leaders, Caiaphus and Pontius Pilate, and Jesus.

Keywords: arrest, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-true-story, betrayal, biblical, bound-to-x-shaped-cross, character-name-in-title, christian, christianity
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,

Quotes:

Pontius Pilate: What in the name of sweet Minerva is a Messiah?

High Priest Caiaphas: I hear that Jesus is quite captivating. I look forward to meeting the young fellow.

Jesus (1999)

Actors: Elena Sofia Ricci (actress), Jacqueline Bisset (actress), Debra Messing (actress), Christian Kohlund (actor), Jeremy Sisto (actor), Luca Zingaretti (actor), Gary Oldman (actor), Jeroen Krabbé (actor), Claudio Amendola (actor), Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Luca Barbareschi (actor), G.W. Bailey (actor), Frank Konigsberg (producer), Stefania Rocca (actress),

Plot: Jesus dreams of a medieval battle in the name of Jesus Christ and of a dying world war soldier who, in desperation, calls out the name: Jesus. Jesus awakes, distraught. What is the meaning of this nightmare? Why are these strangers using his name? Jesus is a simple carpenter, like his father Joseph. Both are presently looking for work, but they've been wandering for days from town to town without finding any. Times are difficult in Galilee. Roman taxes are stifling the country. The hated Jewish tax collectors, viewed by the people as traitors, rob people of their last means of subsistence. Revolts and bands of revolutionary thieves are spreading uncertainty throughout the land. Herod Antipas, the Jewish king, is merely a weak shadow of his feared father Herod the Great. The real power lies in the hands of Caiphas, the high priest. To strengthen his position, he plays the Jewish interests against the Roman interests with religious fervor. His most dangerous opponent is the new Roman procurator, Pontius Pilate. This hard, people despising military man has an ideal comrade in arms in the cynical author and spy Livius. The two callously attempt to keep rebellious Judea under Roman control. Countless crosses with executed rebels line the streets. The Romans, however, observe the growing power of itinerant preachers and prophets with suspicion. The most influential of these prophets is John the Baptist. He fearlessly condemns Roman lust for power, the decay of religious customs and the reprehensible immorality in the house of Herod. After Joseph's death, Jesus feels abandoned and lonely. He believes that he is not yet strong enough to take up his calling. Then his mother Mary tells him how an angel once revealed to her that she would bear a son, and she tells how determinedly Joseph declared his support for this miraculous child, despite the fact that it was not his own. Further, Mary describes the foreign kings who paid homage to the newborn child. Jesus now realizes that it is time for him to follow his calling. He takes his leave from his previous life and from Mary of Bethany, the woman who loves him. From now on, his life is to be completely devoted to his great mission. Jesus visits John the Baptist. In their childhood days, Joseph raised these two as brothers. They remember their first shared visit to the temple, as well as the fact that, back then, it was Jesus who, as a 12 year old boy, went to the temple without his parents' knowledge, in order to teach in his father's house. Now that Jesus is ready to take up his calling, John agrees to baptize him. At the baptism, a glowing dove appears and a voice calls Jesus by name. After the baptism, Jesus retreats to the desert, alone, to meditate. There, Satan appears to him in the form of a beautiful, beguiling woman and a man in contemporary street clothes. Satan shows Jesus all the unhappiness that his teachings will one day bring to humanity and offers him in exchange real, unlimited power over the Earth. Jesus resists the temptation and, now steadfast, returns home. The first disciples are already slowly beginning to gather around Jesus. They still have doubts, however, as to whether their master is really the heralded Messiah. Only Mary trusts in her son. When the wine runs out at her nephew Benjamin's wedding, she is able to talk Jesus into giving everyone a visible sign of his divine heritage. Jesus asks to have the amphora filled with water and transforms it into wine. This miracle allays his disciples' doubts. Through miracles, Jesus succeeds in allaying the doubts of Simon the Fisher and even those of Thomas, the skeptic. They, too, follow him. At the same time, however, Jesus continually perplexes his followers with his incomprehensible behavior. He shuns the Jewish freedom movement lead by the wild Zealot leader Barnabas, for example, and instead accepts the invitation of Matthew the tax collector. Matthew, too, becomes a follower of Jesus, despite the other disciples' mistrust. When a recently discovered adulteress is to be stoned by an angry mob, Caiphas sees his chance expose to Jesus. He invites the crowd to demand a verdict from Jesus. Jesus, however saves the desperate young woman by declaring that only he who is without sin himself may cast the first stone at her. Ashamed, the mob disperses. Deeply moved by this scene, the former prostitute Mary Magdalene joins the disciples. When Jesus wants to go with his students to the temple to pray, he finds the temple court full of traders and money changers. Suddenly overcome with rage, Jesus hurls their stands to the ground and, wielding a whip, drives the profiteers out of the temple. When neither the Jews nor the Romans show signs of resistance, it becomes clear that Jesus will play an important role in Judea's future religious and political development. John the Baptist, in the meantime, has been executed at the wish of Queen Herodias, the wife of Herod Antipas. Jesus mourns his loss greatly, but he can hardly give in to his pain, as more and more people are coming to him to hear his teachings, even though many of these still seem strange and incomprehensible. For example, Jesus preaches that God favors the meek, the poor and the faint. Above all, however, he doesn't put strict observance of the laws first, but rather love of one's fellow man. Jesus doesn't even shun non-Jews, to his disciples' dismay. All attempts by the ambitious disciple Judas to give Jesus' teachings a political twist fail. Judas is forever trying in vain to gain Jesus' support for the Zealots' freedom fight. Finally, when Jesus brings Lazarus, who is dead and has already been lying in his grave for several days, back to life in front of several onlookers, his popularity knows no bounds. Sitting on a donkey, Jesus rides into Jerusalem and is received like a king by an enormous crowd. Caiphas sees a real threat to his religious authority. He goes to Pilate, who, in fact, officially wants to have nothing to do with Jewish religious matters, but secretly has already planned Jesus' death, together with scheming Livius. He was just waiting for Caiphas to take the initiative. This way, Pilate can pretend that he is merely carrying out the will of the Jewish authorities and does not have to take any personal responsibility for Jesus' death. Jesus himself knows quite well that his death is inevitable. At a last shared supper, he bids his disciples farewell. He tells Judas, however, that he should listen to his conscience for a change. Judas has long been contemplating delivering Jesus to the authorities in order to provoke a rebellion and thus to force Jesus to take political action. He leaves the meal to betray Jesus' location to Caiphas' henchmen. Jesus spends his last hours of freedom with select disciples in a garden near Jerusalem. Again Satan appears to him and tries to talk Jesus into avoiding his death. He tries to convince Jesus that, not only will his death be meaningless, but quite the contrary: it will bring that much more suffering and atrocity into the world. He shows him religious wars and witches being burned. But Jesus believes in the love in people and surrenders to Judas, who is approaching with Caiphas' henchmen. While Jesus is being sent back and forth between Caiphas, Pilate and Herod in a cruel farce, being brutally whipped all the while, his disciples hide in fear. Even courageous Simon, who Jesus once called Peter, the rock, denies knowing his master. Jesus is sentenced to death. Undergoing dreadful torture, he is crucified on a hill near the city. When he dies, the sky becomes dark and an earthquake rocks the land. The disciples take him down from the cross and bury him in a cave. Three days later, however, they find the cave empty. Jesus, alive, appears to them and commands them to proclaim everywhere that love has conquered death. Even doubtful Thomas has to believe the miracle when he is allowed to touch the crucifix wounds on Jesus' hands.

Keywords: adulteress, ancient-rome, arrest, back-from-the-dead, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, based-on-novel, based-on-the-bible, based-on-true-story, beard
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: The greatest story of all time. The greatest story of all time as it's never been told before. 2000 years ago one man changed the world forever.

Quotes:

Mary Magdalene: I just don't understand how you can believe in someone like me.::Jesus: God forgives you Mary::Mary Magdalene: If I were a man I'd be your most loyal disciple.::Jesus: Those who speak for me *are* my disciples

Mary Magdalene: Were you a good carpenter?::Jesus: It's a good thing I started preaching.

Jesus: Martha, you've embarrassed Mary.::Martha: And you've enchanted her.

Martha: Mary, stop smiling at Jesus.

Jesus: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do!::Livio: We know exactly what we're doing, Messiah; we're killing you.

Pontius Pilate: Did you hear what they want, Jesus? They would rather have a murderer than you.

Jesus: I am not alone; I am with my Father.::Satan: You will die in vain, Jesus...::Jesus: No! I'm in the hearts of men. I will die for the everlasting kindness of the human heart created by the Father, so that man will make His image shine once again. And those who want to will find in me the strength to love until the end.

Jesus: What's the matter Andrew? You don't dance?::Andrew: I'll dance... When Israel is free and people are honest!::Jesus: It'll be a very slow dance!

Jesus: Is your Israel free now that these men are dead?::Judas: No!::Jesus: Then follow me. I will show you how to be free. I am the Way.

Barabbas: I'll be the one to free the people of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, and I will do it with the sword!

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Actors: Jay C. Flippen (actor), Frank DeKova (actor), Jamie Farr (actor), José Ferrer (actor), John Abbott (actor), John Crawford (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), Rodolfo Acosta (actor), Richard Bakalyan (actor), Cyril Delevanti (actor), Robert Blake (actor), John Considine (actor), Richard Conte (actor), Pat Boone (actor), Van Heflin (actor),

Plot: George Stevens' epic production. "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect. It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved. Star-studded cast includes Max Von Sydow (as Jesus), Dorothy McGuire (as Mary), Robert Loggia (as Joseph), Charlton Heston (as John the Baptist), Michael Anderson, Jr., Robert Blake, Jamie Farr, David McCallum, Roddy McDowall, Ina Balin, Janet Margolin, Sidney Poitier, Carroll Baker, Pat Boone, Van Heflin, Sal Mineo, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, John Wayne, Telly Savalas, Angela Lansbury, Paul Stewart, Harold J. Stone, Martin Landau, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Buono, Jose Ferrer, Claude Rains, Donald Pleasence, Richard Conte and Cyril Delevanti.

Keywords: 1st-century, 70mm-film, ancient-egypt, ancient-rome, ancient-times, back-from-the-dead, baptism, based-on-book, based-on-novel, based-on-the-bible
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,

Quotes:

The Centurion: Truly, this man was the son of God.

John the Baptist: REPENT!

Caiaphas: Jesus of Nazareth, your crimes are so many I scarcely know where to begin.

King Herod: The child of imagination is the child I fear.

John the Baptist: Are you going to free me?::Herod Antipas: I am going to kill you.::John the Baptist: Then you free me!::Herod Antipas: [walking away] I hope so.

The Dark Hermit - Satan: A long climb, wasn't it? A long hard climb... You know, some people think the whole of life should be like that, hm... "An easy life is a sinful life". Not so, my friend... A man's life can be as easy as he wishes to make it. And it can be easy, my friend. If one knows the way to power and glory in this world.

Soldier: I have orders to bring you to Herod, Baptist.::John the Baptist: I have orders to bring you to God... heathen.

[last lines]::Jesus: Go now, and teach all nations. Make it your first care to love one another and to find the kingdom of God, and all things shall be yours without me asking. Do not fret then for tomorrow; leave tomorrow to fret over its own needs, for today... today's troubles are enough. And lo, I am with you always, even onto the end of the world...

Peter: Who's there?::James the Younger: [behind the door] Me.::Peter: [angrily opening the door] What's wrong with you? When I ask "Who's there", why do you answer "Me"?::James the Younger: It WAS me, Peter.

James the Younger: What is your name?::Jesus: Jesus::James the Younger: [excitedly] That's a good name!::Jesus: [smiling] Thank you.

Give Us Barabbas! (1961)

Actors: Ludwig Donath (actor), Kim Hunter (actress), George Schaefer (director), Richard Thomas (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), George Schaefer (producer), Leonardo Cimino (actor), Eric Sinclair (actor), Henry Denker (writer), Muni Seroff (actor), James Daly (actor), Paul Sparer (actor), John Gerstad (actor), Dennis King (actor), Allen Nourse (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Wine of Morning (1955)

Actors: Katherine Helmond (actress), Katherine Stenholm (director), Jack Buttram (actor), Dwight Gustafson (actor), Bob Jones Jr. (writer), Bob Jones Jr. (writer), Bob Jones Jr. (actor), Robert Pratt (actor), Elizabeth Edwards (actress), Laura Pratt (writer), Velma Eubanks (actress), David Yearick (actor), Bob Jones III (actor), Eva Carrier (miscellaneous crew), George Jensen (editor),

Genres: Drama,