Encountering God in the Movies

By: admin | Date: April 17, 2012 | Categories: lists

EXPERIENCING THE SPIRIT AT THE MOVIES

A partial list from Rob Johnston and Cathy Barsotti:

The Elephant Man, David Lynch (1980)

Chariots of Fire, Hugh Hudson (1981)

The Year of Living Dangerously, Peter Weir (1982)

Tender Mercies, Bruce Beresford (1983)

Places in the Heart, Robert Benton (1984)

Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel (1987)

The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski, (1989–1990)

Household Saints, Nancy Savoca  (1993)

The Apostle, Robert Duvall (1997)

Life Is Beautiful, Roberto Benigni (1997)

American Beauty, Sam Mendes (1999)

The Iron Giant, Brad Bird (1999)

Millions, Danny Boyle (2004)

Hustle and Flow, Terrence Howard (2005)

Into Great Silence, Philip Gröning (2005)

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, Lian Lunson (2005)

March of the Penguins, Luc Jacquet (2005)

Babel, Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006)

Lars and the Real Girl, Craig Gillespie (2007)

Departures, Yôjirô Takita (2006)

Up, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (2009)

Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois  (2011)

Poetry, Chang-dong Lee (2011)

The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick (2011)

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