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.
Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis Genesis Creation Narrative The Green Pastures (1936) I patriarchi (1964) (Italy) The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Tower of Babel (1979, TV episode) The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994) In the Beginning (2000 miniseries)
Adam and Eve - Genesis 2-5
The Flood - Genesis 6-9
Abraham - Genesis 11:26-25:10
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)
Joseph - Genesis 37-50
Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy)
Judges Era
Joshua and Judges
Samson and Delilah - Judges 13-16
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 David - First Samuel 16:1-First Kings 2:11
Solomon - First Kings 1-11
Jezebel - First Kings 16:29-Second Kings 9:37 Sins of Jezebel (1953)
Prophets
Exile Daniel
Esther
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
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)
English
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)
Italian
Malayalam Jesus (1973, India)
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)
Spanish
Telugu Karunamayudu (1978, India) Rajadhi Raju (1980, India) Shanti Sandesham (2004, India) Mulla Kireetam (2005, India)
Animated movies
Mary, Mother of Jesus
Herod the Great Erode il Grande (1959, Italy)
Mary Magdalene Magdalanaattu Mary (1957, India) The Friends of Jesus - Mary Magdalene (2000) Mary Magdalene (2018, U.S.)
John the Baptist Snapaka Yohannan (1963, India)
Salome
Judas Iscariot
Barabbas
Parable of the Prodigal Son L'Enfant prodigue (1907, France) L'Enfant prodigue (1916, France) The Prodigal (1955, U.S.)
Life of the Apostles
Creative
Revelation / Apocalypse
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)
Samson
Ben-Hur
Early Christians
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
References
Print sources