Holy Week is the period usually people stay at home with spiritual thoughts. We reflect our faith and this is a season commemorating the most important part of Christianity; Christ’s sacrifice through His death at the cross. In this season, it is common for films about Christianity to launch and resurface. If you need to reflect on the passion week in your mind, you can watch Bible movies during this sacred time is a good way to strengthen our faith, educate our children, and entertain our whole family. Here is a list of movies that you can watch in passion week.
The Passion of the Christ
This is one of the most powerful and important films ever made by Mel Gibson. It is a story of faith and sacrifice that speaks to the human spirit. It offers a reverent and significant depiction of the last twelve hours of Jesus on earth.
This Lenten season, let’s go back in time and witness the journey of a man who changed the world. The Passion of the Christ depicts the history and struggle of our savior Jesus Christ as he tries to revolutionize the status quo by spreading the word of God. This movie portrays the very foundation of Christianity that we know today: unconditional love and faith. The movie was released on 25 February 2004. And written by Benedict Fitzgerald (screenplay), Mel Gibson (screenplay).
Risen
Most Bible movies that we know revolve around the prophets, the apostles, Jesus, and other famous Bible characters. This movie, Risen, breaks the norm by taking the other side of the story when Jesus died. 3 days after the death of Christ, He resurrected from the grave which shook the Roman empire. The story focuses on one of the Roman soldiers who was commanded to search for Christ, believing that somebody took His corpse and hid it.
This movie features the side of the people behind Jesus’ execution, the Roman empire. Filled with battle sequences, it gives us a fresher take of what happened after the day Christ rose from the dead that we celebrate as Easter day.
Paul Apostle Of Christ
This film is crafted with encouraging Christian content with positive messages. It is a battle of faith in the life of Paul and Luke. As Paul awaits for his last day in prison, his old friend Luke came and visited him. Paul told him his story before the execution as Luke continues to evangelize and decided to remain in Rome. Like Paul and Luke, we Christians must take our faith seriously, especially this holy week.
The Prince Of Egypt
This is an extraordinary story of Moses’ destiny as a chosen deliverer of Israel. After growing as a Prince of Egypt and knowing his real identity as a true Hebrew, Moses emerges fiercely to rescue his fellow Hebrews under Egyptian slavery. The Egyptians witnessed the power of God through the plagues and pestilences that stroke their people and lands. This breathes life into bringing Israel’s journey to freedom on the big screen.
If you want to watch a film that the whole family will enjoy, this movie is the perfect fit. This classic story of Moses and how he led his people out of slavery will surely make your child interested in Bible stories. Although as an adult, we probably heard about this story countless times and had seen the movie as well, rewatching it with our kids will give us new realizations.
The Nativity Story
Maybe we have all memorized by virtue the beginning of a passage of Scripture that is repeatedly read every Christmas, but this film will give you an onscreen narrative of the happenings in the life of Mary and Joseph as they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. This film is based on the biblical accounts by Matthew and Luke. It is about the love of God for all mankind by sending His begotten Son to save us from our sins.
Noah 2014
As we all know the famous story of Noah, this film brought a very realistic depiction of the significant happenings in Noah’s life. The movie showed a lot of things; the beautiful creation of God, how He showed His sorrow when humanity turned their backs on Him, and His righteous anger and determination to renew humanity.
Noah was chosen and called “righteous man” as he tried to remain clean and obey His command. We should also ponder how Noah always tries to follow God no matter how hard the task might be with the very best of our ability and strengthen our faith.
Exodus: Gods and kings
For 400 years, the Hebrews have been slaves to Egypt. Moses, a true Hebrew but grew as an Egyptian prince battles against his brother Rameses as he follows God to free his fellow Hebrews from slavery. This film shows how Moses begin his own personal transformation when God called Him. It depicts how he fulfilled God’s directive on his life, whether he wants it or not. This is a great movie, especially for Christians like us to reflect on.