Jesus in Cinema

Jesus movies (selected)

Life of Jesus (general)

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  La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ (The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ / 1903 Zecca, Nonguet), film

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  From the Manger to the Cross (1912 Olcott), film

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  Christus (1916 Antamoro), film

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  Intolerance (1916 Griffith), film

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  I.N.R.I. (Crown of Thorns / 1923 Wiene), film

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  Ben-Hur (1925 Niblo), film

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  The King of Kings (1927 DeMille), film

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  Golgotha (Behold the Man / 1935 Duvivier), film

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  Ben-Hur (1959 Wyler), film

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  King of Kings (1961 Ray), film

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  Il vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to St. Matthew / 1964 Pasolini), film

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  The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965 Stevens), film

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  Jesús, nuestro Señor (Jesus, Our Lord / 1969 Zacarías), film

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  Godspell (1973 Greene), film

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  Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 Jewison), film

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  Il Messia (The Messiah / 1975 Rossellini), film

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  The Passover Plot (1976 Campus), film

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  Jesus of Nazareth (1977 Zeffirelli), film

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  The Life of Brian (1979 Jones), film

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  Jesus (1979 Sykes, Krisch), film

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  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film

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  Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal / 1989 Arcand), film

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  Jesus (1999 Young), film

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  The Gospel of John (2003 Saville), film

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  The Passion of the Christ (2004 Gibson), film

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  The Son of Man (2005 Dornford-May), film

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  Color of the Cross (2006 LaMarre), film

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  Mesih (2007 Talebzadeh), film

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  El discípulo: Jesús, la historia no revelada (2010 Barrachina), film

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  Son of God (2014 Spencer), film

Nativity of Jesus

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  The Star of Bethlehem (1912 Marston), film

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  The Nativity (1978 Kowalski), film

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  The Nativity Story (2006 Hardwicke), film

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  La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), film

Childhood of Jesus

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  Jesús, María y José (Jesus, Mary and Joseph / 1972 Zacarías), film

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  Un bambino di nome Gesù (1987 Rossi), film

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  La sacra famiglia (The Holy Family / 2006 Mertes), film

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  Io sono con te (2010 Chiesa), film

Jesus' Hidden Years

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  Christus (1916 Antamoro), film

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  The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film

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  I giardini dell'Eden (The Garden of Eden / 1998 D'Alatri), film

Resurrection of Jesus

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  L'inchiesta (The Inquiry / 1986 Damiani), film

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  L'inchiesta (The Final Inquiry / 2006 Base), film

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Portraits of Jesus in the movies

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  Robert Henderson-Bland as Jesus in From the Manger to the Cross (1912 Olcott), film

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  Alberto Pasquali as Jesus in Christus (1916 Antamoro), film

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  Gregori Chmara as Jesus in I.N.R.I. (Crown of Thorns / 1923 Wiene), film

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  H.B. Warner as Jesus in The King of Kings (1927 DeMille), film

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  Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus in King of Kings (1961 Ray), film

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  Enrique Irazoqui as Jesus in Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964 Pasolini), film

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  Max von Sydow as Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965 Stevens), film

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  Ted Neeley as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 Jewison), film

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  Victor Garber as Jesus in Godspell (1973 Greene), film

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  Pier Maria Rossi as Jesus in Il Messia (1975 Rossellini), film

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  Robert Powell as Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth (1977 Zeffirelli), film

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  Willem Dafoe as Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988 Scorsese), film

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  Kim Rossi Stuart as Jesus in I giardini dell'Eden (1998 D'Alatri), film

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  Christian Bale as Jesus in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999 Connor), film

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  Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus in The Gospel of John (2003 Saville), film

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  Jim Caviezel as Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004 Gibson), film

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  Andile Kosi as Jesus in The Son of Man (2005 Dornford-May), film

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  Jean-Claudie LaMarre as Jesus in Color of the Cross (2006 LaMarre), film

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  Alessandro Etrusco as Jesus in 7 Km da Gerusalemme (2006 Malaponti), film

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  Ahmad Soleimani Nia as Jesus in Mesih (2007 Talebzadeh), film

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  Diogo Morgado as Jesus in Son of God (2014 Spencer), film

Filmography

• For a complete list of movies on Jesus, see Category:Jesus of Nazareth--cinema (subject)