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What Christian Movies Do You Find To Be The Most Rewatchable?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deadworm" data-source="post: 72452191" data-attributes="member: 387611"><p>I am a retired Methodist pastor. For 8 years, I showed well-attended monthly movies to a good crowd of visitors at my church after free dinners. So I've seen most movies on Christian themes. Here are my Top 5:</p><p></p><p>1. "The Mission" (Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson)</p><p>I've seen this movie about 20 times. It is based on true facts about enslavement of Amazon Indians at the same time the Jesuits were trying to convert them--and were martyred for their efforts. This movie has the most gripping conversion story ever put on the big screen. The dilemma confronted by the Jesuits about their proper Christian priorities are unequaled in profundity in movie history.</p><p></p><p>"The Mission" was voted the Best Movie on a Spiritual Theme of all time by the British Film Academy. The musical score was surprisingly voted the 17th best of all time by the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild.</p><p></p><p>2. "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (Ingrid Bergman)</p><p>Many movie critics consider this Bergman's best ever performance in her role as Gladys Aylward, the most spiritually effective female Protestant missionary (to China) of all time. The movie chronicles her humiliating rejection as a missionary because she was dyslexic and unqualified, a rejection she stunningly overcomes with spectacular effect. Her heroic efforts to save Chinese orphans in the face of Japanese aggression in the 1930s are still studied by the U. S. military. </p><p> </p><p>3. "Beyond the Next Mountain"</p><p>Despite its low budget and lack of A-list actors, this true story about the first missionary to the jungles of northern India blew all of us away. The missionary was sent home as a failure by his Indian missionary board and then hunted down in Canada by the young son of a jungle chief who felt abandoned by the missionary. Their surprise reunion that moved me more than any scene in movie history. </p><p></p><p>4. "the Little Minister" (Kathryn Hepburn and Billy Watson)</p><p>I'm confident that our viewers would rate their experience of this old movie (1934) their most memorable. Billy Watson was a very emotional small boy in this movie, the son of an alcoholic Dad, who was always getting into trouble. He played opposite Kathryn Hepburn, who was trying constantly trying to help and comfort him.</p><p></p><p>The real Billy Watson, now 87, was present in his wheelchair to comment on what it was like to act with Hepburn. He displayed personal letters from Hepburn, who viewed Billy as the son she never had. The huge crowd shouted for us to replay each scene in which Billy and Kathryn were together. Imagine a frail 87 year old actor in a wheelchair commenting on himself as a little boy actor in a movies that seemed like it was made yesterday! byw, both Kathryn and Billy have their own star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. </p><p></p><p>5. "It's a Wonderful Life"</p><p>Almost everyone has seen this movie. I loved it, but do note that it only ranks as #5 on my list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deadworm, post: 72452191, member: 387611"] I am a retired Methodist pastor. For 8 years, I showed well-attended monthly movies to a good crowd of visitors at my church after free dinners. So I've seen most movies on Christian themes. Here are my Top 5: 1. "The Mission" (Robert DeNiro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson) I've seen this movie about 20 times. It is based on true facts about enslavement of Amazon Indians at the same time the Jesuits were trying to convert them--and were martyred for their efforts. This movie has the most gripping conversion story ever put on the big screen. The dilemma confronted by the Jesuits about their proper Christian priorities are unequaled in profundity in movie history. "The Mission" was voted the Best Movie on a Spiritual Theme of all time by the British Film Academy. The musical score was surprisingly voted the 17th best of all time by the Hollywood Screen Actors Guild. 2. "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (Ingrid Bergman) Many movie critics consider this Bergman's best ever performance in her role as Gladys Aylward, the most spiritually effective female Protestant missionary (to China) of all time. The movie chronicles her humiliating rejection as a missionary because she was dyslexic and unqualified, a rejection she stunningly overcomes with spectacular effect. Her heroic efforts to save Chinese orphans in the face of Japanese aggression in the 1930s are still studied by the U. S. military. 3. "Beyond the Next Mountain" Despite its low budget and lack of A-list actors, this true story about the first missionary to the jungles of northern India blew all of us away. The missionary was sent home as a failure by his Indian missionary board and then hunted down in Canada by the young son of a jungle chief who felt abandoned by the missionary. Their surprise reunion that moved me more than any scene in movie history. 4. "the Little Minister" (Kathryn Hepburn and Billy Watson) I'm confident that our viewers would rate their experience of this old movie (1934) their most memorable. Billy Watson was a very emotional small boy in this movie, the son of an alcoholic Dad, who was always getting into trouble. He played opposite Kathryn Hepburn, who was trying constantly trying to help and comfort him. The real Billy Watson, now 87, was present in his wheelchair to comment on what it was like to act with Hepburn. He displayed personal letters from Hepburn, who viewed Billy as the son she never had. The huge crowd shouted for us to replay each scene in which Billy and Kathryn were together. Imagine a frail 87 year old actor in a wheelchair commenting on himself as a little boy actor in a movies that seemed like it was made yesterday! byw, both Kathryn and Billy have their own star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 5. "It's a Wonderful Life" Almost everyone has seen this movie. I loved it, but do note that it only ranks as #5 on my list. [/QUOTE]
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