Faith movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant faith movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out christian film, captivating, inspirational, serious, thought provoking and realistic films and TV shows about / with faith, christian, religion, prayer, christianity, religious, church, society, bible and hopes plots mostly in Drama, Family and History genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
faith movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as faith: Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018), Heaven Is for Real (2014), Courageous (2011), The Encounter (2010), Signs (2002), Mary Magdalene (2018), Higher Ground (2011), Catching Faith (2015), First Reformed (2017), Miracles from Heaven (2016).

List of faith movies

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Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, captivating, tense, sentimental ...
Audience: adult
Plot: faith, christian, post traumatic stress disorder, world war two, life is a bitch, against the odds, athlete's life, survival, redemption, self discovery, human spirit, war ...
Time: 2010s
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Heaven Is for Real (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Four-year-old Colton shares the details of his amazing journey ...
Style: christian film, touching, emotional, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: faith, afterlife, christianity, jesus, heaven, religion, near death experience, happy ending, god, small town, child illness, pastor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, lithuania
Is relevant?
 6.9
 23K
Courageous (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, and their partners are confident and focused. They willingly stand up to the worst the streets have to offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, christianity, fatherhood, religion, god, life philosophy, propaganda, hopes, destiny, religious, church ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, tokyo
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The Encounter (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When five strangers with nothing in common come together at a remote roadside eatery, they place their orders with the diner's omniscient owner, who seems to know everything about them ... and is eerily reminiscent of Jesus Christ.
Style: christian film, tense, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: christian, faith, belief in god, jesus, human spirit, self discovery, mysterious place, religions or cults, introspection, hopes, society, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, xian
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 6.8
 411K
Signs (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style: suspense, twist ending, creepy, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, faith, first contact, survival, loss of faith, death of wife, extraterrestrial, natural disaster ...
Time: 2000s, future, year 2002, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america, mexico ...
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 5.9
 12K
Mary Magdalene (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in the Holy Land in the first century C.E., a young woman leaves her small fishing village and traditional family behind to join a radical new social movement. At its head is a charismatic leader, Jesus of Nazareth, who promises that the world ...
Style: biblical, mysterious, costume drama, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: faith, baptism, belief, religion, christian, life after death, jesus, apostle, treason, religious, christianity, superstition ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: jerusalem, xian
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Higher Ground (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark ...
Style: sentimental, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic ...
Plot: faith, belief in god, evangelical christianity, hopes, husband wife relationship, redemption, life is a bitch, introspection, self discovery, human spirit, religions or cults, society ...
Time: 2010s, 70s, 60s, 21st century
Is relevant?
 4.8
 570
Catching Faith (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, daughter a straight A student and her husband is CFO of a booming start-up company. The sudden death ...
Style: christian film, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: american football, high school student, christian, faith, football, high school football, high school athlete, religion, christianity, belief in god, high school, school ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, america, wisconsin
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Apostle Peter and the Last Supper (2012)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his jailers, Martinian, by relating the life, teachings, and sacrifice of ...
Style: serious, captivating, biblical, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: faith, apostle, christian, miraculous event, jesus, christianity, clergy, bible, roman empire, redemption, heroes, rise to the top ...
Time: 1st century
Place: rome italy
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 7.1
 67K
First Reformed (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, tense, visually stunning, social, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: priest, church, religion, suicide, christianity, politics, depression, journal, reverend, minister, faith, environment ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new york state
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The Girl Who Believes in Miracles (2021)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly people in her town are mysteriously healed! But fame soon takes its toll – can Sara’s family save her before it’s too late?
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christian, faith, healing, religion, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, girl, price of fame, faith healing, religious, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time: 2020s
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Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: \When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle ...
Style: christian film, inspirational, sentimental, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: christian, christianity, illness, faith, mother daughter relationship, medical, hospital, parent child relationship, sick child, child cancer, female protagonist, coping ...
Place: boston
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 6.4
 9K
The Healer (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Style: sincere, feel good, light, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: healer, faith, healing, intergenerational friendship, legacy, love, child cancer, cancer, fall in love, stranded, uncle nephew relationship, supernatural power ...
Place: canada, nova scotia, london
Is relevant?
 5.9
 402
Meant to Be (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When 20-year old Nathan loses his career and his girlfriend, he questions his purpose in life. Compounding his struggle, Nathan grew up in a foster home and never met his birth mother. He sets out on a quest to find his mother and somehow come to ...
Style: psychological, captivating, thought provoking, contemplative, surprise ending ...
Plot: faith, god, mother, crisis, christian, research, depression, journey, self discovery, belief in god, abortion, forgiveness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 7.4
 63K
Ida (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style: art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot: nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time: 60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place: poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
Is relevant?
 6.4
 3K
What If... (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, independent film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: fish out of water, spirituality, angel, faith, christian, family relations, religious, destiny, disorder, family life, lifestyle, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
Style: christian film, biblical, disgusting, disturbing, scenic ...
Plot: christian, christianity, faith, bible, manipulation, christian propaganda, religion, religious fanatic, religious persecution, religious, alternate universe, cross examination ...
Place: phoenix arizona
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The Book of Daniel (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Taken into slavery after the fall of Jerusalem in 605 B.C., Daniel is forced to serve the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar. Faced with imminent death, Daniel proves himself a trusted Advisor and is placed among the king's ...
Style: biblical, captivating, christian film, serious, suspense ...
Plot: religious, faith, bible, oracle, hopes, old testament, ancient history, escapades, christianity, confined, exile, prophet ...
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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pastor Dave responds to the unimaginable tragedy of having his church, located on the grounds of the local university, burned down.
Style: christian film, captivating, realistic, psychological, rough ...
Plot: christian, faith, brother brother relationship, church, religious fanatic, christianity, university, protest, arson, doubt, lawyer, jail ...
Time: 2010s
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Letters to God (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's ...
Style: christian film, sincere, sentimental, sad, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: god, faith, letter, hopes, cancer, pastor, brain tumor, terminal illness, child illness, christian, sick child, salvation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 6.0
 393
Polycarp (2015)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Anna, a young slave girl, is rescued and adopted by Christians in 2ND Century Smyrna, and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the ...
Style: christian film, philosophical, historical drama, religious drama, psychological ...
Plot: christian, faith, roman empire, moral dilemma, ancient rome, bishop, martyrdom, persecution, religion, life philosophy, religions or cults, haunted by the past ...
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Of Gods and Men (2010)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: French drama based on the 1996 kidnapping and killing of seven monks in Algeria. A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between ...
Style: unusual plot structure, sincere, thought provoking, meditative, atmospheric ...
Plot: monk, monastery, faith, islam, terrorist, religion, clergy, muslim, war violence, christian, peace, catholic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: algeria, middle east, morocco, maghreb, palestine ...
Is relevant?
 6.8
 359K
The Book of Eli (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style: futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, road movie, heroic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, lone hero, religion, protector, end of the world, dystopia, dystopic future, chaos ...
Time: future, year 2010, near future, distant future, 2040s ...
Place: indiana, usa, san francisco
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 6.9
 39K
Thelma (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, twisted, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, bird, university, teenage girl, faith, lesbian attraction, healing power, hysteria, disappearance, lesbian relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, oslo norway, indiana, eastern europe
Is relevant?
 5.6
 581
Never Heard (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After Aaron is charged with murder, he uses the power of prayer to help prove his innocence turning his life around and saving his son Jalen from the street life before it is too late.
Style: suspense, touching, inspirational, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot: faith, christian, drug dealer, false accusation, father son relationship, saving a life, human spirit, freedom, courtroom, prison, prejudice, fighting the system ...
Place: los angeles
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Love Comes Softly (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman, recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Clark Davis, a widower, offers her a marriage of ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: fall in love, marriage of convenience, love and romance, faith, christian, couple relations, pregnancy, couples, hopes, farm, single parent, wagon train ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, victorian era
Place: usa
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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
TV show
Story: Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style: biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, period piece ...
Plot: jesus, christianity, jesus christ, faith, self sacrifice, christian, new testament, religion, prophet, bible, apostle, god or devil ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: holy land, jerusalem, ancient greece, italy, tibet ...
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God Bless the Broken Road (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The story of a young mother who loses her husband in Afghanistan and struggles to raise their young daughter in his absence.
Style: inspirational, christian film, psychological, melancholic, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: faith, widow, death of husband, war on terror, christian, mother daughter relationship, fall in love, war widow, community service, loss of faith, financial problem, christian faith ...
Time: 21st century
Place: afghanistan, usa, middle east
Is relevant?
 7.2
 132K
Silence (2016)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy, Mexico, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
Style: philosophical, cerebral, visually stunning, suspense, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: missionary, religion, christianity, religious persecution, culture clash, crisis of faith, christian, torture, faith, doubt, martyr, clergy ...
Time: 17th century, year 2016, year 2015, 2010s
Place: japan, portugal, asia, tokyo
Is relevant?
 5.5
 322
Cutback (2010)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: High School senior Luke Harris (Justin Schwan) dreams of just one thing... pro surfing. With his best friend Casey (Angel Cruz) at his side, they have two goals: surf and party! But Luke's Mom (Raquel Gardner) and especially Dad (Greg Carlson) ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, christian film
Audience: girls' night
Plot: faith, surfing, extreme sport, teenager, youth, christian, relationships, high school hunk, changing lives, teenage life, ambition, schoolboy ...
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