Best Christian movies of 1970s

Actors : Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, Edward Woodward, John Waters,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Actors : Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life, told in an anachronistic manner.

Actors : David Haskell, Lynne Thigpen, Victor Garber, Katie Hanley,
Directors : David Greene,

An adaption of the musical, in a modern-day song-and-dance recreation of the Gospel of St. Matthew.

Actors : Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Niko Nitai, Alexander Scourby,

Jesus of Nazareth,the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of ...

Actors : Elliott Gould, Vincent Gardenia, Ricky Schroder, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

When a plane carrying various animals makes a forced landing on a desert island, the only chance to escape is to convert the plane into a boat.

Actors : Hans Christian Blech, Renato Scarpa, Mathieu Carrière, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

Flying from his enemies in the Catholic Church, the free thinking philosopher, poet and scientist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) has found some protection in Venice. But the Roman Inquisition, ...

Actors : David Lampson, Mako, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Masahiro Shinoda,

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor.

Actors : Kirill Lavrov, Leonid Markov, Galina Belyaeva, Oleg Yankovskiy,
Directors : Emil Loteanu,

You can't make a heart love somebody. This gospel is well known to the young Olenka. Born in a poor family, she has to marry a rich man to escape poverty. Three men fight for her heart, the...

Actors : Tarcísio Meira, Maurício do Valle, Jece Valadão, Antonio Pitanga,
Directors : Glauber Rocha,

The day that Pier Paolo Pasolini was killed, Glauber Rocha decided to make this film about the life of Christ in the Third World. Starting from a dialectical synthesis between capitalism ...

Actors : Sally Johnson, Sandy Christen, Patty Dunning, Thom Rachford,
Directors : Donald W. Thompson,

The second film, A Thief in the Night being the first, A Distant Thunder continues the story of Patty, a young woman living in the "end times" referred to in biblical prophecy. This action ...

Actors : Ivor Francis, Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer,
Directors : Daniel Haller,

Gregory Lind is the junior priest at Our Lady of the Assumption, a Catholic parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Life at the parish is not perfect for Greg, as he is beginning to have ...

Actors : Natasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter, Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

In medieval Europe, a pious young woman becomes a scholar of theology, disguises herself as a man, rises through the Catholic Church hierarchy and is elected Pope.

Actors : Paul Rogers, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Peter Finch,
Directors : Anthony Harvey,

Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church. Today, she is mostly known for the rumors that she was lesbian.

Actors : Joni Eareckson Tada, Katherine De Hetre, Bert Remsen, Cooper Huckabee,
Directors : James F. Collier,

Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.

Actors : Mita Ungaro, Carlos de Carvalho, Pier Maria Rossi, Fausto Di Bella,
Directors : Roberto Rossellini,

The story of the life of Jesus Christ.

Actors : Satyanarayana Kaikala, Chandramohan, Ranganath, Showkar Janaki,
Directors : Kommineni,

The story of a good-samaritan couple who try to repair the marriages of other couples.

Actors : Raf Vallone, Trevor Howard, Cyril Cusack, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Jack Gold,

Set in Ireland where the Catholic Church has been superseded by a repressive order with new ideas. When group of Irish monks rebel a Vatican official is sent to bring order once more.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Harry Andrews, Hugh Griffith, Zalman King,
Directors : Michael Campus,

Dramatization of the controversial best-seller that posits an alternate version of the birth of Christianity. In this version, Jesus planned for His crucifixion by taking a drug that would ...

Actors : Hugo Álvarez, Gunnar Hellström, Amadeo Barboza, Delfina Paredes,
Directors : Torgny Anderberg,

The film is set in a village in the Peruvian jungle and is about how missionaries to abduct children to give them a Christian upbringing.