List of films based on the Bible

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.

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Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)

Genesis

Genesis creation narrative

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Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19

• Lot in Sodom (1933)
• Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah (1979, TV episode)
• Zohi Sdom (2010) (Israel)

Isaac and Rebecca - Genesis 24

• Isaac and Rebecca (1953) (Israel)

Jacob - Genesis 25:26-49:33

• Jacob: The Man Who Fought with God (1963) (Italy)
• The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974)
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Jacob's Challenge (1979, TV episode)
• Jacob (1994, TNT Bible Series)
• La Genese (1999) (France)

Dinah - Genesis 34

• The Red Tent (2014)

Judges Era

Ruth

• The Story of Ruth (1960)
• Duke and the Great Pie War (2005)
• The Book of Ruth: Journey of Faith (2009)

Kings and Queens of Israel

Jezebel - First Kings 16:29-Second Kings 9:37

• Sins of Jezebel (1953)

Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• Judith and Holofernes (1929)
• Head of a Tyrant (1959)
• The Old Testament (1962) (Book of Maccabees film)

Christian Bible (New Testament)

Life of Jesus Christ

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Arabic

• The Savior (2014, Palestinian-Bulgarian-Jordanian production)
• Messiah (2020 TV, U.S.)

Aramaic/Latin

• The Passion of the Christ (2004, Italian-American production) (Aramaic and Latin audio)

Filipino

• Kalbaryo Ni Hesus (1952, Philippines)
• Kristo (1996, Philippines)

French

• Vie et Passion du Christ (1903, France)
• Golgotha (1935, France)

German

• I.N.R.I (1923, German Empire)
• Jesus – der Film (1986, West Germany)

Malayalam

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Persian

• The Messiah (2007, Iran)

Sinhala

• Christhu Charithaya (1990, Sri Lanka)
• Jayathu Kristhu (TV 1999, Sri Lanka)
• Jesu Kristhu Yuga Peraliya (TV 2013, Sri Lanka)

Telugu

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Herod the Great

• Erode il Grande (1959, Italy)

Mary Magdalene

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• Mary Magdalene (2018, U.S.)

John the Baptist

• Snapaka Yohannan (1963, India)<ref name="hindu"/>

Parable of the Prodigal Son

• L'Enfant prodigue (1907, France)
• L'Enfant prodigue (1916, France)
• The Prodigal (1955, U.S.)

Fictional Interpolations

Adam and Eve

• Mary's Incredible Dream (1976)
• Year One (2009)
• The Tragedy of Man (2011) (Hungary)

Moses

• Wholly Moses! (1980)
• The Ten (2007)
• Seder-Masochism (2018)

Opus Dei

• The Da Vinci Code (2006)

See also

• The Bible in film
• Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ
  • List of actors who have played Jesus
• List of apocalyptic films
• List of Christian films
• List of Islamic films
• Lists of movie source material

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