Welcome to Celluloid Jesus - The Christ Film Web Pages. This constantly expanding resource is part of The New Testament Gateway. It provides a comprehensive, annotated series of links to good internet material on Jesus films.

• Jésus devant Pilate (Alice Guy, 1898)
• From the Manger to the Cross (Kalem Company, 1912)
• The King of Kings (Cecil B. Demille, 1927)
• King of Kings (Nicholas Ray, 1961)
• Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (George Stevens, 1965)
• Son of Man (Gareth Davies, 1969)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (Norman Jewison, 1973)
• Godspell (David Greene, 1973)
• Jesus of Nazareth (Franco Zeffirelli, 1977)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
• Jesus (John Krish & Peter Sykes, 1979)
• The Day Christ Died (James Cellan Jones, 1980)
• The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese, 1988)
• Jesus of Montreal (Denys Arcand, 1989)
• Matthew (Visual Bible, Regardt van den Bergh, 1996)
• The Book of Life (Hal Hartley, 1998)
• Jesus (Roger Young, 1999)
• The Miracle Maker (Derek W. Hayes & Stanislav Sokolov, 2000)
• The Gospel of John (Philip Saville, 2003)
• The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004)
• Son of Man (Mark Dornford-May, 2006)
• Color of the Cross (Jean-Claude La Marre, 2006)
• The Nativity Story (Catherine Hardwicke, 2006)

General Resources

Jesus: Real to Reel -- Resources
Excellent web site for a Masters Degree level course at the Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University, Chicago, taught bi-annually (1999, 2001, 2003) by Richard S. Ascough and Peter Gilmour. Includes very good bibliography.

Bible Films Blog (New)
By Matt Page: a regularly updated blog "looking at film interpretations of the stories in the bible - past, present and future as well as current film releases with spiritual significance, and odd bits and pieces on the bible". This blog has all the latest information on forthcoming releases alongside detailed reflections on existing films -- a gold mine of information for the Bible film buff.

FilmChat (New)
By Peter Chattaway, "film critic, journalist, religion junkie, etc." This blog features regular updates and informed reflections on Bible films.

The Internet Movie Database
A valuable resource for information on any film. Either enter the film title in the "search" box or go to my entries on each of the films on their individual pages on the NT Gateway. In each case there is a link to the U.S. Version and the U.K. version of the site.

Epic Survey of Jesus Movies
From La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ to The Passion of the Christ by Mike Hertenstein:  a nicely produced survey of most of the Jesus films with some intelligent commentary from the Flickerings@Cornerstone Festival 2004 web site.

The Text This Week: Movie Concordance
By Jenee Woodard: a useful section in the mighty Text This Week site focusing on Biblical themes found in films.

Sweet Jesus!
Director Paul Verhoeven discusses the life of Jesus on film; an article in the February 26-March 4 1998 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.

Jesus Films - Reviews
At enerspace.com. Reflections on several of the Jesus films.