King of Kings

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 11 Oct 1961 · English

Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.

The Passion of the Christ

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 25 Feb 2004 · English

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.

The Last Temptation of Christ

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 28 May 1988 · English

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

Jesus Christ Superstar

Movie · 7.1 / 10 · 15 Aug 1973 · English

As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.

Three Christs

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 23 Sept 2017 · English

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

Salomé

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 10 Aug 2013 · English

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 19 Feb 1998 · English

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

Adulterers

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 5 Jan 2016 · English

On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to learn how far a jealous husband will go.

Titus

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 25 Dec 1999 · English

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Movie · 6.4 / 10 · 27 Oct 1999 · English

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

All Day and a Night

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 1 May 2020 · English

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

The Name of the Rose

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 24 Sept 1986 · English

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.