The Christian film industry is an aspect of

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for

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s containing a

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-themed message or moral. They are often

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films, but can also be films targeting a specific denomination of Christianity.

Criteria

Popular mainstream studio productions of films with strong Christian messages or

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stories, such as '' Ben-Hur'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Sergeant York'', '' The Blind Side'', ''

The Book of Eli ''The Book of Eli'' is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film directed by the Hughes Brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals. The story r ...

'', ''

Machine Gun Preacher ''Machine Gun Preacher'' is a 2011 American biographical action drama film directed by Marc Forster and starring Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Shannon. It tells the story of Sam Childers, a former gang biker turned preacher, and ...

'', '' Risen'', ''

Hacksaw Ridge ''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan, based on the 2004 documentary ''The Conscientious Objector'' directed by Terry Benedict. The film focuses on the World Wa ...

'', and ''

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'', are not specifically part of the Christian film industry, being more

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about their audiences' religious beliefs. These films generally also have a much higher budget, production values and better known film stars, and are received more favourably with

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. Many films from the Christian film industry are produced by openly confessing

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in independent companies mainly targeting a Christian audience. This has been on the rise since the success of

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whose ''

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'' was the highest grossing

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of 2008.

History

Beginnings

Catholic priest

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promoted the

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by publishing the book ''

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'' in 1680. Controversy soon followed as

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s and masons used the lanterns "to persuade followers of their ability to control both the forces of darkness and enlightenment" and temperance groups used the lanterns to fight

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. In the 1800s,

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such as

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used the lanterns to present the

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. Through the years, many Christians began to utilize motion picture for their own purposes. In 1899,

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, as part of the

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, claimed to be the first user of film for the cause of Christianity.

20th century

In the 1940s, Christian film libraries emerged. Harvey W. Marks started the Visual Aid Center in 1945. Circa 1968, Harry Bristow launched Christian Cinema in a small

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in the

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area of

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, and in the early 1970s, the ministry moved to a theater in

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. Christian Cinema operated a movie theater that showed only Christian films, but closed down in the mid-1990s. The growth of Christian film libraries led to the Christian Film Distributors Association (CFDA) being formed in 1974. The CFDA began holding a conference each year for Christian

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and

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. The Christian Film and Video Association (formerly the Christian Film Distribution Association) gave out Crown Awards for films that "glorify

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." The 1971 Christsploitation film ''

If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? ''If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?'' is a 1971 American Christian exploitation film directed by Ron Ormond, featuring Southern Baptist minister Estus Pirkle. Background The film is based on a sermon by Estus W. Pirkle held on January ...

'' was based on a sermon by

Estus Pirkle Estus Washington Pirkle (March 12, 1930 – March 3, 2005) was an American Baptist minister, evangelist, and filmmaker. Early life Estus Washington Pirkle was born in Vienna, Georgia on March 12, 1930. He was one of ten children to Grover Wa ...

held on January 31, 1968 at Camp Zion in Myrtle with the title "If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?". The sermon was made available by print, and Estus W. Pirkle joined with filmmaker

Ron Ormond Ron Ormond (born Vittorio Di Naro, August 29, 1910 – May 11, 1981) was an American author, showman, screenwriter, film producer, and film director of Western, musical, and exploitation films. Following his survival of a 1968 plane crash, Ormo ...

in their first collaboration, and converted the sermon into a film. The pair made a number of other films, but this first film is the team's most well-known. The film became widely distributed among churches and church camps in the 1970s.

Movie theaters and film festivals

Since ''

The Great Commandment ''The Great Commandment'' is a 1939 American Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good ...

'' opened in movie theaters in 1941, many Christian filmmakers have attempted to pursue theatrical releases. World Wide Pictures was a pioneer in partnering with churches to bring Christian films to the cinema. Gateway Films (now Gateway Films/Vision Video) was "formed with the express purpose of communicating the Christian Gospel in the secular motion picture theaters" and released '' The Cross and the Switchblade'' in 1972. In 1979, the ''

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'' film appeared in theaters across the United States. This film, based on the

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, was made for $6 million by

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. In 1993, Tom Saab launched the Merrimack Valley Christian Film Festival in

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. Each year this festival is held during

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week and draws an audience of thousands to a theater to watch Christian films for free. Saab's organization Christian Film Festivals of

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has also presented film festivals in

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and

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. In October 1999, the Voice of Pentecost Church in

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hosted the 1st Annual WYSIWYG Film Festival. Other Christian film festivals include

San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival (SAICFF) was a film festival located in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded and organized by Doug Phillips. The ''Best of Festival'' or ''Jubilee Award'' carried a $101,000 cash prize. The festival w ...

, 168 Hour Film Project, and the Redemptive Film Festival.

Recent years

Many Christian films have been released to theaters since that time, such as ''

The Omega Code ''The Omega Code'' is a 1999 apocalyptic thriller film directed by Rob Marcarelli, written by Stephen Blinn and Hollis Barton, and starring Casper Van Dien, Michael York, Catherine Oxenberg and Michael Ironside. The premillennialist plot revolve ...

'' (1999), '' Megiddo: The Omega Code 2'' (2001), '' Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie'' (2002), ''

Facing the Giants ''Facing the Giants'' is a 2006 American Christian drama sports film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and it is the second film that Sherwood Pictures has done. S ...

'' (2006), ''

The Ultimate Gift ''The Ultimate Gift'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel from a screenplay written by Cheryl McKay, which is based on the best selling novel by Jim Stovall, who cameos in the film. It stars Drew Fuller, Ali Hillis, Bill C ...

'' (2007), ''

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'' (2007), ''

'' (2008), '' The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie'' (2008), ''

The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry ''The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry'' is a 2008 Christian film, released to theaters on September 18, 2009. It was directed by Rich Christiano, and the majority of the film was filmed in Holley, New York, beginning August 18, 2007. Its world premier w ...

'' (2009), ''

To Save a Life ''To Save a Life'' is a 2009 American Christian drama film directed by Brian Baugh and starring Randy Wayne, Deja Kreutzberg, Robert Bailey Jr., Steven Crowder and Sean Michael Afable. The film was released theatrically in the United States on ...

'' (2010), ''

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'' (2010), ''

Letters to God ''Letters to God'' is a 2010 American Christian drama film directed by David Nixon and starring Robyn Lively, Jeffrey Johnson, Tanner Maguire, Michael Bolten and Bailee Madison. The story was written by Patrick Doughtie about his son Tyler, with ...

'' (2010), '' What If...'' (2010), '' The Grace Card'' (2011), '' Courageous'' (2011), '' October Baby'' (2012), ''

Last Ounce of Courage ''Last Ounce of Courage'' is a 2012 American Christian Christmas drama film directed by Darrel Campbell and Kevin McAfee and starring Marshall R. Teague, Jennifer O'Neill, and Fred Williamson. It centers on the struggle of Bob Revere, a man dealin ...

'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013), ''

Grace Unplugged ''Grace Unplugged'' is a 2013 Christian drama film. The film is based on the parable of The Prodigal Son and a story by Brandon Rice, written and directed by Brad J. Silverman, and stars AJ Michalka, Jamie Grace, Shawnee Smith, James Denton, and ...

'' (2013), '' I'm in Love with a Church Girl'' (2013), '' Son of God'' (2014), '' God's Not Dead'' (2014), ''

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'' (2014), '' Old Fashioned'' (2015), '' Do You Believe?'' (2015), ''

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'' (2015), ''

Beyond the Mask ''Beyond the Mask'' is a 2015 American Christian historical action-adventure film directed by Chad Burns and starring Andrew Cheney, John Rhys-Davies, and Kara Killmer. The film follows an ex-mercenary (Andrew Cheney) during the American Revol ...

'' (2015), '' I’m Not Ashamed'' (2016), '' I Can Only Imagine'' (2018), '' Breakthrough'' (2019), and '' Overcomer'' (2019). In 2006, nearly 50 Christian-faith films were produced. The films grossed an average $39 million. All five of the major Hollywood studios have created marketing departments to target the growing demand for faith-based and family fare. ''Movieguide'' publisher

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said, "There is competition for the Christian audience now that there hasn't been before. I thought at some point it would level off, but so far it's getting bigger and bigger. It's more than I could have possibly imagined. One of the audiences that has become stable and even grown for

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and movies is the Christian audience." The proliferation of Christian movies and Christian films has led to the establishment of many

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that focus their business exclusively on the sale and distribution of Christian movies online and family-friendly films such as Parables.tv
Exploration Films
based in Monument, Colorado, FishFlix.com,

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and ChristianMovies.com. Parables TV also provides

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and

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. In 2013, FishFlix.com opened the first ever DVD store devoted completely to Christian DVDs in

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. The 2014 film '' God's Not Dead'' is one of the all-time most successful

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Christian films and the 2015 film ''

'' became a box office number-one film.

List of highest-grossing Christian films

Following is a list of highest-grossing Christian films of 2004–present, including only those films with overt Christian themes explicitly promoting

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or an otherwise Christian message and targeted primarily at

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audiences. Grosses presented here are worldwide

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receipts.

Christian film in Africa

South Africa

Faith-based, family-values films are popular in

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due to its predominantly Christian audience including '' Faith Like Potatoes'', a 2006

biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

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-turned-

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Nigeria

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

Christians are actively contributing to the booming Nigerian film industry known as

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. Christian films makes up about 20% of Nigerian films. Independent companies, ministries, and large churches producing hundreds of Christian films often see themselves as an alternative to Nollywood. Nevertheless, they have participated in mainstream success and many of the films appear on state television channels. The

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founded Dove Studios, which has become the country's biggest movie studio and distributor. More than 50,000 copies of their movies were sold before April 2006. The Gospel Film Festival (GOFESTIVAL) is also a major Nigerian film attraction.

References

External links

FishFlix.com

christianmoviesfree.com

crossflix.com
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1970s in film 2000s in film 2010s in film

Criteria

History

Beginnings

20th century

Movie theaters and film festivals

Recent years

List of highest-grossing Christian films

Christian film in Africa

South Africa

Nigeria

See also

References

Further reading

External links