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The first movie that popped into my head was,  (drum roll please......)

Chariots of Fire   :inlove:

next would be:

A Walk to Remember  

I will post more later.   :thumbup:

I have always been a big fan of the Matrix.  Looking at it from the perspective of realizing that there is much more to the world than you are being fed.  I see it more as a conversion experience really, always knowing that something is off kilter but never knowing what it is.  Choosing to go into the real (red or blue pill) world, and then realizing that you have a power greater than what has been seen by you before.  I have used it at youth meetings before.

Simon Birch is another good one.  

I guess I see alot of Spiritual themes in movies that might not look so obvious.  

Fight Club's theme of realizing that you are not your job, your house, your khakis.  Just as Club mayhem was a group dedicated to destroying the cultural norm of what we should be, isn't that a bit of the spiritual battle we face, not being taken in by what surrounds us but struggling against it.

American Beauty's central character coming out of his "sedation" to realize what can be had in his life.  I feel that we as Christians become very sedate, forgetting what power we are tied into, whether through traditions, disappointments, etc.  We need to wake up and realize what our lives can be.

The Game is another good one.  Michael Douglas' character is the picture of control, but once he gets involved with CRS, then everythign is turned upside down.  What he sees as utter Chaos, and even his own decision making in the chaos, CRS is in total control of it, leading him where they want him to go.  Even the climax, where he jumps of his own will and lands exactly where he was supposed to, is controlled.  To me this is a great comparison of God moving us a direction towards Him, through our own choices.

Anyway, those are a few, don't think less of me for my choices   :)

J

Ellisdam...loved your choices as I saw "great" redemption in those also.

The "Count of Monte Crisco" really surprised me, as I have seen the other versions and this was the best.

Maurine

The Sweet Hereafter

Dogma

(P.S. ... Jones: I liked Fight Club too; Janine: Shadrach - wonderful movie!)

I liked Simon Birch better as a book than as a movie (although I like the little blonde dude who played Simon).

From Jonesy:[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]American Beauty's central character coming out of his "sedation" to realize what can be had[/b] in his life.  I feel that we as Christians become very sedate, forgetting what power we are tied into, whether through traditions, disappointments, etc.  We need to wake up and realize what our lives can be.[/quote] What can be had?  Like, the daughter's blonde friend? :0

(p.s. S'okay, Marc, I love flaunting my boundless envy-making moderator powers :p)

One of the best faith affirming movies is "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade", the search for the holy grail.  The whole last sequence of scenes involving faith and choosing wisely is very inspirational.

Kevin

Edited thanks to Jim Abb

Kevin///just FYI for others, but I'm pretty sure you meant Indy's "The Last Crusade" and not "Temple of Doom".
Jim

I am also a big fan of Malcolm X.  Just the transformation from the criminal to the man of faith.  WOnderfully performed by Denzel.

J

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (Jim Abb @ Feb. 17 2003,02:55)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Kevin///just FYI for others, but I'm pretty sure you meant Indy's "The Last Crusade" and not "Temple of Doom".
Jim[/quote]
You mean you didn't find the worship scene in "Temple of Doom" faith-affirming? :eek:

Generally good art, that one.

Have any movies that you've seen affirmed or boosted your faith?  By "movies" I mean primarily those put out by Hollywood not overtly evangelistic films put out by Christian companies.  

Here are a couple of mine:

-Signs (starring Mel Gibson)
-Leap of Faith (starring Steve Martin)
-The Count of Monte Cristo

I'll post some more later.

AE

Gideon, starring a bunch of people you'd know: Charleton Heston, Shelly Winters, Mike Connors, Hume Cronyn, & more.  See it, see it, see it!

Shadrach (if you can take the mild but constant cursing), very affirming of life & family & the rights of the individual & taking responsibility for the weaker brother... and finally understanding that he IS your brother!

Contact with Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote (Barb1957 @ Feb. 11 2003,2:56)[/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]Dogma

P.S. ... Jones: I liked Fight Club too...[/quote]
:0 Color me impressed.  Dogma[/i]... well, I don't have the words to express what the film did for me.  I'm not so sure that most religious folks saw it the way we did. ;) I wanted to list this here, but didn't know what the reaction would be... I'm just glad I'm not alone.

SoapMan ... so, do you have the special ed. DVD of Dogma too? We got it as a Christmas '01 gift for our son Brian, who requested it. My husband and I really like it too. It's a wonderful movie! I think Brian had seen it on cable when visiting relatives in San Diego ... then I think we rented it ... then bought the dvd for that Christmas. Every now and then one of us gets in a "let's watch Dogma!" mood, which is pretty much always cool with the rest of us.

[!--QuoteBegin--][/span][table border=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"95%\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"1\"][tr][td]Quote [/td][/tr][tr][td id=\"QUOTE\"][!--QuoteEBegin--]What can be had?  Like, the daughter's blonde friend? [/quote]

Now, that was not exactly my point.  I am basically referring to the idea that he "was in a coma for 20 years and is just now waking up".  This to me is typical of some Christians.  We fall into a coma of tradition and practices until we are sleepwalking.  Lester also makes an observation that it was a great thing to realize that you still have the ability to surprise yourself.  Isn't it awesome when God, in doing what He is able to do, suprises us.  We forget what power we are tied into, what an awesome God we serve.  It is evident in our worship, our prayers, everything we do.  We pray not believing and worship without our heart, because we never notice anything happening.  Just because Lester was "sedate" all that time does not mean that things stood still, he just missed them.  How much do Christians miss?

I tried to focus on the overall aspect, not so much the high school girl thing :saint:

J

I think I'll add this movie to almost every good movie category:

O Brother Where Art Thou?

Hi,

I would say Shadowland with Anthony Hopkins portraying C.S. Lewis was a good faith affirming movie.

Ken

Prince of Egypt. I don't think anyone's listed that one yet.

(Bought the video today. $5.98 at a local Christian bookstore, came with a toy bean bag camel. .. and yes, I saw the movie when it first came out.)