Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "gospel"

1. The Chosen (2017– )

TV-PG | 54 min | Drama, History

The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.

Stars: Elizabeth Tabish, Jonathan Roumie, Shahar Isaac, Nick Shakoour

Votes: 47,133

2. The Passion of the Christ (2004)

R | 127 min | Drama

Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov

Votes: 251,529 | Gross: $370.78M

3. They Live (1988)

R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower

Votes: 145,879 | Gross: $13.01M

4. There Will Be Blood (2007)

R | 158 min | Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer

Votes: 642,037 | Gross: $40.22M

5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 331,295 | Gross: $45.51M

6. A Walk to Remember (2002)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance

Two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is sentenced to perform community service.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Mandy Moore, Shane West, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah

Votes: 221,792 | Gross: $41.28M

7. The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection - Chapter I (2025)

Drama | Pre-production

A sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) focuses on the events that occurred three days between the crucifixion and resurrection when Jesus Christ descended to Abraham's Bosom to preach and resurrect Old Testament saints.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Francesco De Vito

8. Sister Act (1992)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Music

When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.

Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn

Votes: 108,558 | Gross: $139.61M

9. Places in the Heart (1984)

PG | 111 min | Drama

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan

Votes: 13,651 | Gross: $34.90M

10. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

R | 164 min | Drama

The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Paul Greco

Votes: 63,263 | Gross: $7.63M

11. Detroit (2017)

R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore

Votes: 56,006 | Gross: $16.79M

12. Angels in America (2003)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.

Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 29,834

13. Stigmata (1999)

R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery

When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.

Director: Rupert Wainwright | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long

Votes: 72,320 | Gross: $50.05M

14. Last Holiday (2006)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito

Votes: 36,300 | Gross: $38.36M

15. Lilies of the Field (1963)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama

A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino

Votes: 13,617

16. Two Women (1960)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, War

In WWII Italy, a widow and her lonely daughter seek distance between themselves and the horrors of war.

Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raf Vallone, Eleonora Brown

Votes: 12,450

17. The Brand New Testament (2015)

Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Fantasy

Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?

Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens

Votes: 35,037 | Gross: $0.09M

18. The Gospel of John (2003)

PG-13 | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.

Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, Christopher Plummer, Scott Handy

Votes: 4,207 | Gross: $4.07M

19. The Preacher's Wife (1996)

PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines

Votes: 13,747 | Gross: $48.10M

20. Religulous (2008)

R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg

Votes: 60,262 | Gross: $13.00M

21. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History

Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham

Votes: 4,955

22. The Secret Path (1999 TV Movie)

Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama

A drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life.

Director: Bruce Pittman | Stars: Della Reese, Crystal Bernard, Madeline Zima, Yvonne Zima

Votes: 715

23. Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama

A young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.

Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Claude Laydu, Nicole Ladmiral, Jean Riveyre, Adrien Borel

Votes: 12,733

24. The Passion of the Christ: Deleted Scenes (2009 Video)

5 min | Short, Drama

Deleted scenes from 'The Passion of the Christ'.

Director: Mel Gibson | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Mattia Sbragia, Hristo Shopov

Votes: 132

25. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

86 min | Documentary, History

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton

Votes: 5,644

26. The Best Two Years (2004)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Drama

Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Appropriately, the most responsible ... See full summary »

Director: Scott S. Anderson | Stars: K.C. Clyde, Kirby Heyborne, Cameron Hopkin, David Nibley

Votes: 1,709 | Gross: $1.16M

27. The Gospel According to Matthew (1993)

TV-G | 258 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The plot follows the birth, preaching, teaching and miracles of Jesus. He preached and lived a radical message of God's Love and was able to heal people of lifelong disabilities and illnesses and was able to command natural phenomena.

Director: Regardt van den Bergh | Stars: Richard Kiley, Bruce Marchiano, Gerrit Schoonhoven, Dawid Minnaar

Votes: 1,079

28. Champion (I) (2017)

PG | 116 min | Drama, Family, Sport

In the supercharged world of dirt track racing, a single mistake causes the lives of two men to change forever. One must fight for his family, the other must fight to forgive.

Director: Judd Brannon | Stars: Gary Graham, Andrew Cheney, Isaiah Stratton, Robert Amaya

Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.18M

29. Marjoe (1972)

PG | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

This Oscar-winning documentary explores the life of one-time child evangelist and faith healer Marjoe Gortner. The son of professional evangelists, Gortner was preaching on the Southern tent-revival circuit by the age of 3.

Directors: Sarah Kernochan, Howard Smith | Stars: Agnes Benjamin, Marjoe Gortner, Vernon Gortner, Sarah Kernochan

Votes: 1,747

30. A Viking Saga: The Darkest Day (2013)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne to the safety of the Iona monastery, while being pursued by a Viking death squad hell-bent on its capture.

Director: Chris Crow | Stars: Gareth John Bale, Ian Dicks, Richard Elfyn, Lindsey Fickling

Votes: 1,421

31. Nero veneziano (1978)

95 min | Horror, Mystery

A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.

Director: Ugo Liberatore | Stars: Renato Cestiè, Rena Niehaus, Yorgo Voyagis, Fabio Gamma

Votes: 489

32. American Gospel: Christ Alone (2018)

139 min | Documentary

American Gospel explores the core question of Christianity, 'What is the gospel?' Through the distorting lens of American culture.

Director: Brandon Kimber | Stars: Nabeel Qureshi, Paul Washer, Costi Hinn, Sean Demars

Votes: 1,059

33. Robin Williams Live on Broadway (2002 TV Special)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, Comedy

The fourth HBO stand-up special by Robin Williams.

Director: Marty Callner | Star: Robin Williams

Votes: 6,297

34. Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Fantasia Barrino overcomes sexual abuse, illiteracy, and other setbacks and becomes the winner of "American Idol" in 2004.

Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Loretta Devine, Viola Davis, Kadeem Hardison

Votes: 676

35. Little Richard (2000 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Tamala Jones

Votes: 991

36. Steal Away (I)

Drama, History, Music | Pre-production

Based on Andrew Ward's epic "Dark Midnight When I Rise," an HBCU warrior choir fights the KKK's reign of terror against their schools with songs of faith and freedom, and after conquering the world must then conquer their own demons.

Director: Stephen Ashley Blake | Stars: Eugene Simon, Nina Toussaint-White, Tongayi Chirisa, Paul Amos

37. The Green Pastures (1936)

Approved | 93 min | Drama

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

Directors: Marc Connelly, William Keighley | Stars: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Frank H. Wilson

Votes: 920

38. Twist of Faith (2013 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Grieving over the untimely loss of his family and in a dissociative state, an aimlessly-wandering Jewish man is rescued by another family who help him find his way back to happiness again.

Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Toni Braxton, David Julian Hirsh, Nathaniel J. Potvin, Paula Shaw

Votes: 811

39. Become Jehovah's Friend (2012– )

Animation, Short, Family

A Jehovah's Witness cartoon that teaches kids about the religion and the Bible.

Votes: 150

40. The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 110 min | Drama

Details the humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world.

Director: Christine Swanson | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Raven Goodwin, Demore Barnes, Ronnie Rowe

Votes: 772

41. The Garden (2019)

TV-Y | 5 min | Animation, Short, Family

Lenny Lion and Lucy Lamb are the caretakers for a magical garden where anything can grow.

Stars: Mark Whitten, Cristina Milizia, John Eric Bentley

Votes: 43

42. Love Unto Death (1984)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, André Dussollier

Votes: 1,172

43. Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 (2007 Video)

R | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The second ten chapters of R. Kelly's rap opera in which a one-night stand triggers a series of revelations about the sexual deceits of its characters.

Directors: R. Kelly, Victor Mignatti, Jim Swaffield | Stars: R. Kelly, Eric Lane, LeShay N. Tomlinson, LaDonna Tittle

Votes: 1,172

44. Wattstax (1973)

R | 103 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Documentary covering a Stax Records-sponsored all-day concert at the 1972 Watts Summer Festival with performances by Stax Records artists such as Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, The Staples Singers, and more.

Director: Mel Stuart | Stars: The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Jimmy Jones

Votes: 1,088

45. Journey to Hell (2022)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Thriller

Based on the best-selling book by John Bunyan of a man who almost drowns and dreams of going to a literal Biblical hell. He wakes up a changed person for Christ.

Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: John Terrell, Aaron Groben, Harry Goodwins, G. Larry Butler

Votes: 683

46. Protocols of Zion (2005)

R | 95 min | Documentary

A documentary about the rise of anti-Semitism in the USA after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Marc Levin, Kofi Annan, Joanne Baron, Shmuley Boteach

Votes: 878 | Gross: $0.18M

47. Why the Nativity? (2022)

85 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, noted pastor, author, and theologian Dr. David Jeremiah provides answers to the most thought-provoking questions surrounding the most pivotal moment in human history-the birth of Jesus Christ.

Director: Paul Joiner | Stars: David Jeremiah, Rose Anaya, Logan Polson, Henry Mark

Votes: 73

48. The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)

G | 93 min | Drama, Music

The story of Jesus, from life to death and resurrection. Filmed on location in Israel, with narration and music by Johnny Cash.

Director: Robert Elfstrom | Stars: Johnny Cash, Robert Elfstrom, June Carter Cash, Larry Lee

Votes: 306

49. Home Is Where the Heart Is (2013)

PG-13 | 150 min | Drama

The Anderson family returns home for a family gathering. Their parents have a surprise for their children. Tragedy strikes at the moment they least expect it. At this crucial turning point ... See full summary »

Director: Michael McCorkle | Stars: Stephanie Baker, DeShaude Barner, Joe Blunt, Audria P. Crowder

50. American Gospel: Christ Crucified (2019)

176 min | Documentary

Conservative and progressive theologians debate the meaning of the cross, and the most difficult parts of the Christian gospel.

Director: Brandon Kimber | Stars: Mike Abendroth, Voddie Baucham Jr., Alistair Begg, Katherine Berger

Votes: 350