List of films based on the Bible

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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.

Contents 1 Old Testament 1.1 Genesis 1.2 Moses and the 40 years in the Desert 1.3 History of the Israelites 2 New Testament 2.1 Life of Christ 2.2 Life of the Apostles 2.3 Fictional interpolations 2.4 Revelation/ Apocalypse 3 See also

[edit] Old Testament

• The Bible (1966)
• Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978) (mini)

[edit] Genesis

• Adam and Eve (1912)
• Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914)
• Noah's Ark (versions in 1929 and 1999, TV)
• Lot in Sodom (1933)
• Adán, Eva y el diablo (1945) Mexico
• Adam wa Hawa (1951) Egypt
• Adam og Eva (1953) Denmark
• Adán y Eva (1956) Mexico
• Pecado de Adán y Eva, El (1969) Mexico
• The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) (USA)
• Adamo ed Eva, la prima storia d'amore (1983) Italy
• Abraham (1994, TV)
• Jacob (1994, TV)
• Joseph (1995, TV)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999, video)
• Joseph: King of Dreams (2000 animated video)

[edit] Moses and the 40 years in the Desert

• The Ten Commandments (1923)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Moses the Lawgiver (1975, TV)
• Moses und Aron (1975) (Austria / France / West Germany / Italy)
• Moses (1993) (Video)
• Moses (1996)
• The Prince of Egypt (1998)
• The Ten Commandments (2006) (mini)

[edit] History of the Israelites

• The Chosen Prince (1917) aka The Friendship of David and Jonathan
• The Queen of Sheba (1921) (USA)
• Samson and Delilah (1949)
• David and Bathsheba (1951)
• Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba (1952) (Philippines)
• Regina di Saba, La (1952) (Italy)
• Solomon and Sheba (1959)
• Esther and the King (1960)
• King David (1985)
• Solomon & Sheba (1995) (TV) (USA)
• Samson and Delilah(1996, TV)
• Esther (1996)
• David (1997, TV)
• One Night with the King (2006)

[edit] New Testament

[edit] Life of Christ

• Passion Play (1903) (USA) (series of 31 shorts, totaling 61 minutes)
• Vie et Passion du Christ (1905) (France)
• From the Manger to the Cross (1912) (USA)
• Intolerance (1916) (USA)
• I.N.R.I. (1923) (Germany)
• The King of Kings (1927)(USA)
• King of Kings (1961) (USA)
• The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) (Italy)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) (USA)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1972) (Philippines)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) (USA)
• Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973) (USA)
• Jesus of Nazareth (1977 miniseries) (Italy) (UK)
• The Thorn (1976) (USA)
• The Nativity (1978, TV)
• The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke (1979) (USA)
• Jesus (1979) (USA)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (film) (1988) (USA)
• The Visual Bible: Matthew (1997) (South Africa)
• Jesus (1999, TV)(USA)
• Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999, TV)(USA)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) (UK)
• The Miracle Maker (2000) (UK)
• Gospel of John (2003) (UK)(Canada)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)(USA)
• The Gospel of Mark (2006)
• The Nativity Story (2006)

[edit] Life of the Apostles

• The Big Fisherman (1959)
• Peter and Paul (1981, TV)
• A.D. (1985 miniseries)
• St. Paul (2000) (TV) (Italy, Czech Republic, Germany)

[edit] Fictional interpolations

• Ben Hur (1907)
• Ben-Hur (1925)
• Quo Vadis? (1951)
• The Robe (1953)
• Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954; a sequel to The Robe)
• The Silver Chalice (1954)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Ben Hur (2003)

[edit] Revelation/ Apocalypse

• Apocalypse (1998) (V)
• Apocalypse (2004)
• Barabbas (1962)

• A Distant Thunder (1978)
• Early Warning (1981)

• Golgotha (1935)
• Gone (2002)
• Il vangelo secondo Matteo (1964)
• Image of the Beast (1980)
• In the Beginning (2000 miniseries)

• Judgment (2001)
• Left Behind (2000) (V)
• Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (2002) (V)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• The Life of Brian (1979)
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
• The Moment After (1999)
• The Moment After 2 (2006)
• The Omega Code (1999)
• One Night with the King: The Call of Destiny (2006)

• The Poor Ones in the Paradise (2005)
• The Prodigal Planet (1983)
• Revelation (1999)
• Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
• A Thief in the Night (1972)
• Tribulation (2000)
• Veggie Tales video series
• Years of the Beast (1981)

[edit] See also

• The Bible in film
• Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ
• Lists of movie source material
• Bible Films Blog