Best Christian movies of 1980s

Actors : Nicholas Farrell, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers,
Directors : Hugh Hudson,

Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

The life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

Actors : Ray McAnally, Jeremy Irons, Aidan Quinn, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Roland Joffé,

18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.

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 : Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Robert De Niro, Kenneth McMillan,
Directors : Ulu Grosbard,

A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Actors : Paul Freeman, Madonna, Sean Penn, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Jim Goddard,

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic...

Actors : Catherine Wilkening, Rémy Girard, Lothaire Bluteau, Johanne-Marie Tremblay,
Directors : Denys Arcand,

A group of actors put on an unorthodox, but acclaimed Passion Play which incites the opposition of the Catholic Church while the actors' lives themselves begin to mirror the Passion itself.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Will Patton, Judith Ivey,
Directors : Karel Reisz,

A seeming good Samaritan (Debra Winger) hires a private detective (Nolte) to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder charge is innocent. His investigation discovers deep corruption in a ...

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 : J.J. Cohen, Jon Polito, Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Duncan Gibbins,

A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.

Actors : Ajay Naidu, Charles Durning, Alessandro Rabelo, Divana Brandão,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.

Actors : Charles Durning, Zeljko Ivanek, Jack Lemmon, Louise Latham,
Directors : Glenn Jordan,

A popular Connecticut priest shields a seminary rebel from the wrath of a stern monsignor.

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 : Raul Julia, Julie Carmen, Armand Assante, Rona De Ricci,
Directors : Cliff Osmond,

Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is deciding who will be Christ during the possibly dangerous reenactment of the Crucifixion.

Actors : Kenneth Gilbert, Bernard Archard, Keith Barron, Roger Rees,
Directors : Tony Tew,

A dramatized biography of William Tyndale, the 16th Century reformer determined to translate the Bible into English, which illegal act set him at odds with the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII.

Actors : Kurt Raab, Werner Schroeter, Annamirl Bierbichler, Herbert Achternbusch,
Directors : Herbert Achternbusch,

The life-size figure of Christ at 42 travels with the cross on a mission through Bavaria.

Actors : Francisco Rabal, Antonella Murgia, Dennis Hopper, Michael Moriarty,
Directors : Bigas Luna,

A man discovers that his girlfriend is a "stigmata" (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucified) and tries to keep her out of the ...

Actors : James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Ben Cross, Irene Papas,
Directors : Alexander Ramati,

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Rita Rusic, Treat Williams, Danny Aiello,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is ...

Actors : Sami Morcos, Barbara Buttram, Jack Buttram, Edward Panosian,
Directors : Katherine Stenholm,

While running a free medical clinic in the 1960s, missionary couple John and Bettie Dreisbach face heavy government opposition in their attempt to preach the Gospel to the Muslim community of West Africa.