Faith on Film
These films underline both our need to ask eternal questions and the paradoxical power of a visual medium to capture the intangible.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Magellan | Lav Diaz | Philippines, | 2025 | |
| 61 |
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Monty Python’s Life of Brian | Terry Jones | United Kingdom, | 1979 |
| 332 |
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Viridiana | Luis Buñuel | Spain, | 1961 |
| 379 |
|
The Burmese Harp | Kon Ichikawa | Japan, | 1956 |
| 1261 |
|
The Wind Will Carry Us | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, | 1999 |
| 1215 |
|
Werckmeister Harmonies | Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky | Hungary, | 2000 |
|
Godland | Hlynur Pálmason | Iceland, | 2022 | |
| 1198 |
|
Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1973 |
|
Accattone | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy, | 1961 | |
|
The Gospel According to Matthew | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy, | 1964 | |
| 490 |
|
Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1987 |
| 11 |
|
The Seventh Seal | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1957 |
| 587 |
|
Three Colors | |||
| 1169 |
|
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection | Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese | Lesotho, | 2019 |
| 1119 |
|
Miracle in Milan | Vittorio De Sica | Italy, | 1951 |
| 1102 |
|
Devi | Satyajit Ray | India, | 1960 |
| 1063 |
|
The Ascent | Larisa Shepitko | Soviet Union, | 1977 |
| 1013 |
|
Teorema | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Italy, | 1968 |
| 134 |
|
Häxan | Benjamin Christensen | Denmark, | 1922 |
| 209 |
|
Through a Glass Darkly | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1961 |
| 210 |
|
Winter Light | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1963 |
| 34 |
|
Andrei Rublev | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union, | 1966 |
| 321 |
|
The Virgin Spring | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1960 |
| 297 |
|
Au hasard Balthazar | Robert Bresson | France, | 1966 |
| 62 |
|
The Passion of Joan of Arc | Carl Th. Dreyer | France, | 1928 |
| 888 |
|
Stalker | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union, | 1979 |
| 837 |
|
Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland, | 1988 |
| 276 |
|
The River | Jean Renoir | France, | 1951 |
| 665 |
|
Babette’s Feast | Gabriel Axel | Denmark, | 1987 |
| 70 |
|
The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | United States, | 1988 |
| 263 |
|
Fanny and Alexander: Theatrical Version | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden, | 1982 |
| 576 |
|
Secret Sunshine | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea, | 2007 |
| 93 |
|
Black Narcissus | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom, | 1947 |
|
Androcles and the Lion | Chester Erskine | United Kingdom, | 1952 | |
|
Major Barbara | Gabriel Pascal | United Kingdom, | 1941 | |
| 470 |
|
Wise Blood | John Huston | United States, | 1979 |
| 460 |
|
Simon of the Desert | Luis Buñuel | Mexico, | 1965 |
| 436 |
|
Before the Rain | Milcho Manchevski | Republic of Macedonia, | 1994 |
| 132 |
|
The Ruling Class | Peter Medak | United Kingdom, | 1972 |
| 705 |
|
Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier | Denmark, | 1996 |
|
Blaise Pascal | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, | 1972 | |
| 125 |
|
Day of Wrath | Carl Th. Dreyer | Denmark, | 1943 |
| 126 |
|
Ordet | Carl Th. Dreyer | Denmark, | 1955 |
| 293 |
|
The Flowers of St. Francis | Roberto Rossellini | Italy, | 1950 |
| 266 |
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The King of Kings | Cecil B. DeMille | United States, | 1927 |