List of films based on the Bible

This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.

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Pentateuch

Genesis

General

• The Bible: In the Beginning (1966)
• The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979)
• La Biblia en pasta (1984) (Spain)
• Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994, TNT Bible Series)
• In the Beginning (2000 miniseries)

Adam and Eve - Genesis 2-5

• Adam and Eve (1912)
• Adán, Eva y el diablo (1945) (Mexico)
• Adam wa Hawa (1951) (Egypt)
• Adam og Eva (1953) (Denmark)
• Adán y Eva (1956) (Mexico)
• El pecado de Adán y Eva (1969) (Mexico)
• Adamo ed Eva, la prima storia d'amore (1983) (Italy)
• Adipapam (1988) (India)

The Flood - Genesis 6-9

• Noah's Ark (1928)
• Noah's Ark (1999)
• Noah (2014)
• The Ark (aka Noah's Ark) (2015)

Abraham - Genesis 11:26-25:10

• Abraham (1994, TNT Bible Series)
• Abe and the Amazing Promise (2009)
• Young Abraham (2011)

Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19

• Lot in Sodom (1933)
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
• Zohi Sdom (2010) (Israel)

Isaac

• Isaac and Rebecca (1953) (Israel)

Jacob - Genesis 25:26-49:33

• The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974)
• Jacob (1994, TNT Bible Series)
• La Genese (1999) (France)

Joseph - Genesis 37-50

• Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914)
• Joseph and His Brethren (1962)
• Joseph (1995) (TNT Bible Series)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
• Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
• The Ballad of Little Joe (2003)

Moses (Exodus-Deuteronomy)

• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Moses the Lawgiver (1974)
• Moses und Aron (1975) (Germany)
• Moses (1995, TNT Bible Series)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006)
• The Ten Commandments (2007)
• Moe and the Big Exit (2007)
• Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
• Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (2014)
• Os Dez Mandamentos (2016) (Brazil)

Great Women in the Old Testament

• Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909)
• The Story of Ruth (1960)
• Esther and the King (1960)
• Esther (1996, TNT Bible Series)
• Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (2000)
• Esther and the King (2006, Liken Bible Series)
• One Night with the King (2006)
• The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009)
• The Book of Esther (2013)
• The Red Tent (2014)

Judges and Kings

General Judges

• Gideon and Samson (1965) (Italy)
• Josh and the Big Wall (1997)
• Duke and the Great Pie War (2005)
• Gideon: Tuba Warrior (2006)

Samson and Delilah - Judges 13-16

• Samson and Delilah (1922)
• Samson and Delilah (1949)
• Samson (1961)
• Samson and Delilah (1984)
• Samson and Delilah (1996, TNT Bible Series)

King David

• The Chosen Prince (1917)
• David and Bathsheba (1951)
• David and Goliath (1960)
• A Story of David (1961)
• Saul and David (1964)
• The Story of David (1976)
• King David (1985)
• Dave and the Giant Pickle (1996)
• David (1997, TNT Bible Series)
• King George and the Ducky (2000)
• David and Goliath (2005, Liken Bible Series)
• David and Goliath (2015)
• Of Kings and Prophets (2016, TV Miniseries)
• David and Goliath (2016)

King Solomon

• The Queen of Sheba (1921)
• Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba (1952) (Philippines)
• La Regina di Saba (1952) (Italy)
• Solomon and Sheba (1959)
• Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV)
• Solomon (1997, TNT Bible Series)
• The Kingdom of Solomon (2010) (Iran)

Later Prophets

• Sins of Jezebel (1953)
• Jeremiah (1998, TNT Bible Series)
• Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002
• Blast and Whisper: Elijah's Story (2010)
• Amazing Love: The Story of Hosea (2012)

Exile

• Slaves of Babylon (1953)
• Rack, Shack, and Benny (1995)
• Daniel and the Lions (2006, Liken Bible Series)
• The Book of Daniel (2013)
• Megillas Lester (2014)

New Testament

Life of Christ

English

• Passion Play (1903) (USA)
• The Birth, Life and Death of Christ (Alice Guy, 1906, France, 33 min.)
• From the Manger to the Cross (1912) (USA)
• Intolerance (1916) (USA)
• The King of Kings (1927) (USA)
• The Great Commandment (1939) (USA)
• King of Kings (1961) (USA)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) (USA)
• Wednesday Play: Son of Man (1969) (UK)
• Godspell (1973) (USA)
• Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973) (USA)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) (UK)
• The Passover Plot (1976) (USA)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977 miniseries) (Italy) (UK)
• The Nativity (1978, TV)
• Jesus (1979) (USA)
• The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke (1979) (USA)
• A Child Called Jesus (1987 film)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (film) (1988) (USA)
• The Judas Project (1990) (USA)
• The Revolutionary (1995)
• The Revolutionary II (1996)
• The Visual Bible: Matthew (1997) (South Africa)
• Jesus (1999, TNT Bible Series)
• The Miracle Maker (2000) (UK)
• Gospel of John (2003) (Canada/UK)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004) (USA) (Hebrew and Latin audio)
• The Son of Man (2005) (South Africa)
• Color of the Cross (2006) (USA)
• The First Christmas (Liken Bible Series) (2006) (USA)
• The Nativity Story (2006) (USA)
• The Passion (2008 miniseries) (UK)
• The Road to Emmaus (2009) (USA)
• A Child Called Jesus
• The Nativity (2010 miniseries) (UK)
• Killing Jesus 2013 (USA)
• Son of God (2014) (USA)
• Last Days in the Desert (2015)
• The Young Messiah (film) (2016) (USA)
• Risen (2016 film) (USA)

Spanish

• Jesús de Nazareth (1942) (Mexico)
• María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala (1945) (Mexico)
• Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1945) (Mexico)
• El Mártir del Calvario (1952) (Mexico)
• El Beso de Judas (1953) (Spain)
• El Redentor (1957) (Spain)
• El Proceso de Cristo (1965) (Mexico)
• Jesús, el niño Dios (1969) (Mexico)
• Jesús, María y José (1969) (Mexico)
• Jesús, nuestro Señor (1970) (Mexico)
• La Vida de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo (1986) (Mexico)
• El discípulo (2010) (Spain)

Italian

• Christus (1916) [Italy]
• Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964) (Italy)
• The Messiah (1975) (Italy)
• L'inchiesta (2006) (Italy)

German

• I.N.R.I. (film) (1923) (Germany)
• Jesus – der Film (1986) (Germany)

French

• Vie et Passion du Christ (1905) (France)
• Golgotha (1935) (France)

Filipino

• Kristo (1996) (Philippines)

Sri Lanka Sinhala

• Kristhu Charithaya (Movie in Sinhala)
• Jayathu Kristhu (TV 90s)
• Jesu Kristhu Yuga Peraliya (TV 2013)

Mary Mother of Jesus

• Saint Mary (film) (1997) Iranian film
• Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999, TV) (USA)
• Mary of Nazareth 2012 (English)
• Full of Grace (2015) (English)

Herod the Great

• Erode il Grande (1959) (Italy)

Mary Magdalene

• The Friends of Jesus - Mary Magdalene^[1] (2000)

Salome

• Salome (1908) (USA)
• Salome (1910) (Italy)
• Salome (1918) (USA)
• Salome (1923) (USA)
• Salome (1953) (USA)
• Salome (1972) (Italy)
• Salome (1978) (Spain)
• Salome's Last Dance (1988) (UK)
• Salome (2002) (Spain)
• Salome (2007) (USA)

Judas Iscariot

• Blade af Satans bog (1920) (Denmark)
• El beso de Judas (1953) (Spain)
• Neither Are We Enemies (1970-TV) (USA)
• The Friends of Jesus - Judas^[2] (2001)
• Judas (2004) (USA)
• Story of Judas (2015) (French)

Barabbas

• Barabbas (1953) (Swedish)
• Give Us Barabbas^[3] (1961-TV) (USA)
• Barabbas (1961)
• Barabbas (1964) (Belgium)
• Barabbas (2012 - TV) (USA)

Life of the Apostles

• The Big Fisherman (1959)
• Peter and Paul (1981-TV)
• A.D. (1985 miniseries)
• The Visual Bible: Acts (1994) (USA)
• The Emissary^[4] (1997) (USA)
• Stephen's Test of Faith (1998) (USA)
• St. Paul (a. k. a. Paul the Apostle)^[5] (2000)
• St. Peter (2005-TV)
• The Friends of Jesus - Thomas^[6] (2001) Italy
• Apostle Peter and the Last Supper 2012 USA
• A.D. The Bible Continues 2015 miniseries

Creative

• The Fourth Wise Man English (1985)
• Jesus of Montreal (French)(1989)
• Joshua
• Mary
• Jesus loves me (2012)
• He Knows My Name (2015)

Revelation / Apocalypse

• A Thief in the Night (1972)
• The Omen (1976)
• A Distant Thunder (1978)
• The Late, Great Planet Earth (1979)
• Image of the Beast (1980)
• Years of the Beast (1981)
• Early Warning (1981)
• The Prodigal Planet (1983)
• The Seventh Sign (1988)
• The Rapture (1991)
• Apocalypse, 1998
• Apocalypse II: Revelation, 1999
• Apocalypse III: Tribulation, 1999
• End of Days (1999)
• The Moment After (1999)
• The Omega Code (1999)
• The Apocalypse (2000, TNT Bible Series)
• Left Behind: The Movie (2000) (V)
• Apocalypse IV: Judgment, 2001
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
• Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) (V)
• Gone (2002)
• Apocalypse (2002, TNT Bible Series)
• Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• The Poor Ones in the Paradise (2005)
• The Moment After 2 (2006)
• Left Behind (2014) ^[7]
• Apocalypsis (2017)

Misc.

• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• Carman Yo Kidz! The Vidz (1994)
• The Bible (TV series) (2013)
• A.D. The Bible Continues (2015)

Fictional interpolations

Ben-Hur

• Ben Hur (1907 short) (USA)
• Ben-Hur (1925) (USA)
• Ben-Hur (1959) (USA)
• Ben Hur (2003) (USA)
• Ben Hur (2010) (USA)
• Ben Hur (2016) (USA)

Early Christians

• The Robe (film) (1953)
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
• Quo Vadis? (1901) (France)
• Quo Vadis? (1910) (France)
• Quo Vadis? (1913) (Italy)
• The Sign of the Cross (1914) (USA)
• Quo Vadis? (1924) (Germany)
• The Sign of the Cross (1932) (USA)
• Quo Vadis? (1951)
• The Silver Chalice (1954)
• Quo Vadis? (1985 TV mini-series) (Italy)
• Quo Vadis? (2001) (Poland)

See also

• The Bible in film
• Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ
• Lists of movie source material

References

1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244647/releaseinfo
2. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253101/releaseinfo
3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215807/
4. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219668/
5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270621/
6. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276572/releaseinfo
7. Left Behind (2014 film)