This is a list of movies (including television movies) based on the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus ...

(

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

and

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Chris ...

), depicting characters or figures from the Bible, or broadly derived from the revelations or interpretations therein.

Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Genesis

Genesis in General

Adam and Eve - Genesis 2-5

The Flood - Genesis 6-9

Abraham - Genesis 11:26-25:10

* ''Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Abraham's Sacrifice'' (1979, TV episode) * ''

Abraham Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Je ...

'' (1993, TNT Bible Series) *
Abraham: The Friend of God
' (2008) (Iran) * '' Abe and the Amazing Promise'' (2009) * '' Young Abraham'' (2011)

Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19

* '' Lot in Sodom'' (1933) * ''

Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah () were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28). They are mentioned frequ ...

'' (1962) * ''Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1979, TV episode) * ''

Zohi Sdom ''Zohi Sdom'' ( he, זוהי סדום, ) is an Israeli comedy feature film released on August 5, 2010. It was conceived and created by the team behind the television programme, ''Eretz Nehederet'', and directed by Muli Segev and Adam Sanderson. ...

'' (2010) (Israel)

Isaac - Genesis 24

* ''Isaac and Rebecca'' (1953) (Israel)

Jacob - Genesis 25:26-49:33

* ''

The Story of Jacob and Joseph ''The Story of Jacob and Joseph'' is a 1974 American Biblical drama television film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Biblical ''Book of Genesis'' with a screenplay written by Ernest Kinoy. It stars Keith Michell as Jacob, Tony Lo Bianc ...

'' (1974) * ''Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Jacob's Challenge'' (1979, TV episode) * ''

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ...

'' (1994, TNT Bible Series) * '' La Genese'' (1999) (France)

Dinah - Genesis 34

* '' The Red Tent'' (2014)

Joseph - Genesis 37-50

Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy)

Judges Era

General Judges

Samson and Delilah - Judges 13-16

Ruth

* ''

The Story of Ruth ''The Story of Ruth'' is a 1960 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster, shot in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color, and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay, written by Norman Corwin, is an adaptation of the biblical Book o ...

'' (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 ''Sins of Jezebel'' is a 1953 American historical drama film produced by Sigmund Neufeld and directed by Reginald Le Borg. It stars Paulette Goddard as Jezebel, the biblical queen of the northern kingdom of Israel during the 9th century BC. The fi ...

'' (1953)

Prophets

Exile

Daniel

Esther

Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

* ''

Judith of Bethulia ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was an adapt ...

'' (1914) * ''

The Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

'' (1962) (Book of Maccabees film)

New Testament / Christian Bible

Life of Christ

Arabic

* '' The Savior'' (2014) (Palestinian-Bulgarian-Jordanian production)

Aramaic/Latin

* ''

The Passion of the Christ ''The Passion of the Christ'' is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film produced, directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, mother of Jesus, and Monica Bellucci as Mary ...

'' (2004) (USA) (Aramaic and Latin audio)

English

Filipino

* '' Kristo'' (1996) (Philippines)

French

* ''

Vie et Passion du Christ ''Vie et Passion du Christ'' (English: ''Life and Passion of the Christ'') is a 44-minute French silent film that was produced and released in 1903. As such, it is one of the earliest feature-length narrative films. The film, with sequences made ...

'' (1903) (France) * ''Golgotha'' (1935) (France)

German

* '' I.N.R.I'' (1923) (Germany) * '' Jesus – der Film'' (1986) (Germany)

Italian

Malayalam

* ''Jesus'' (1973) (India)

Persian

* ''

The Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' i ...

'' (2007) (Iran)

Sinhala

* ''

Christhu Charithaya ''Christhu Charithaya'' ( si, ක්‍රිස්තු චරිතය, italic=yes) is a 1990 Sri Lankan Sinhala biographical film directed by Sunil Ariyaratne and produced by Alerik Lionel Fernando. It stars Vijaya Kumaratunga as Jesus along ...

'' (1990) (Sri Lanka) * ''

Jayathu Kristhu Jayathu was a baby elephant given to Ronald Reagan by the president of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene, as a state gift. Life Jayathu was an Asian elephant born sometime in 1983 in Sri Lanka. Local farmers scared away her herd and Jayathu fell int ...

'' (TV 1999) (Sri Lanka) * '' Jesu Kristhu Yuga Peraliya'' (TV 2013) (Sri Lanka)

Spanish

Telugu

* ''

Karunamayudu ''Karunamayudu'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language biographical film written and directed by A. Bhimsingh. It stars Vijayachander as Jesus of Nazareth. The film won two Nandi Awards, was notable for two song sequences narrating the Birth of ...

'' (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 Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurre ...

'' (2018)

John the Baptist

* ''

Snapaka Yohannan ''Snapaka Yohannan'' is a 1963 Indian Malayalam-language film about John the Baptist, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam. The film stars Jose Prakash, Prem Nazir, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Miss Kumari, S. P. Pillai, K. V. Shanthi, L. ...

'' (1963) (India)

Salome

Judas Iscariot

Barabbas

Parable of the Prodigal Son

* '' L'Enfant prodigue'' (1907) (France) * ''L'Enfant prodigue'' (1916) (France) * '' The Prodigal'' (1955)

Life of the Apostles

Creative

Revelation / Apocalypse

Fictional Interpolations

Adam and Eve

*'' Mary's Incredible Dream'' (1976) * ''

Year One (film) ''Year One'' is a 2009 American adventure comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film was written by Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jack Black and Michael Cera. Its story follows ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Tragedy of Man ''The Tragedy of Man'' ( hu, Az ember tragédiája) is a play (theatre), play written by the Hungary, Hungarian author Imre Madách. It was first published in 1861. The play is considered to be one of the major works of Hungarian literature and ...

'' (2011) (Hungary)

Moses

* '' Wholly Moses!'' (1980) * ''

The Ten ''The Ten'' is a 2007 anthology comedy film directed by David Wain and cowritten by Wain and Ken Marino. It was released through ThinkFilm. The film was released on August 3, 2007. The DVD was released on January 15, 2008. It is an internation ...

'' (2007) * '' Seder-Masochism'' (2018)

Samson

Esther

* ''Megillas Lester'' (2014)

Ben-Hur

Early Christians

Opus Dei

The Da Vinci Code ''The Da Vinci Code'' is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel ''Angels & Demons''. ''The Da Vinci Code'' follows symbologist Robert Lang ...

(2006)

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Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Genesis

Genesis in General

Adam and Eve - Genesis 2-5

The Flood - Genesis 6-9

Abraham - Genesis 11:26-25:10

Sodom and Gomorrah - Genesis 19

Isaac - Genesis 24

Jacob - Genesis 25:26-49:33

Dinah - Genesis 34

Joseph - Genesis 37-50

Moses (Exodus - Deuteronomy)

Judges Era

General Judges

Samson and Delilah - Judges 13-16

Ruth

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

Prophets

Exile

Daniel

Esther

Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

New Testament / Christian Bible

Life of Christ

Arabic

Aramaic/Latin

English

Filipino

French

German

Italian

Malayalam

Persian

Sinhala

Spanish

Telugu

Animated movies

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Herod the Great

Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist

Salome

Judas Iscariot

Barabbas

Parable of the Prodigal Son

Life of the Apostles

Creative

Revelation / Apocalypse

Fictional Interpolations

Adam and Eve

Moses

Samson

Esther

Ben-Hur

Early Christians

Opus Dei

See also

References

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