For now, a somewhat arbitrary list of titles that floated into awareness.
Many of these were listed on the September 2022 Ministry Fair “Faith and Film” flyer.
Standing invitation to suggest others, add dates and directors, and importantly, to prune the list.
One model: Identify a set of themes/topics of common interest and then match films that correspond to these.
The Mission (1986)
Father Stu (2022)
Au revoir les enfants (1987)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Midsommar (2019)
Io c’è (2018)
The Ruling Class (1972)
First Reformed (2017)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Amour (2012)
Jesus of Montreal (1990)
Magnolia (1999)
Silence (2016)
Of Gods and Men (2010)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
The Apostle (1997)
Shadowlands (1993)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Gran Torino (2008)
Cider House Rules (1999)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
News of the World (2020)
The Great Beauty (2013)
Amistad (1999)
Parasite
Master Gardner
Dark Waters
Des Hommes et des Dieux
Intolerance
Breaking the Wave
The Tree of Life (2011)
Magnolia (1999)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Big Fish (2003)
Bergman, Lynch, Kubrick, Haynes, Van Sant, Schrader…..
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