Stories About Jesus, Ranked
Cinema has been telling the story of Jesus since the 19th century. Spurred in part by the blockbuster success of The Passion of the Christ, the tradition is as strong as ever.
Here's a look at present-day films and TV features, released from 2000 to today, that have featured Jesus as a character. Using Metacritic data, we've ranked them from least to most critically acclaimed.
This well-regarded 2004 satire of homophobia, teen sex and religious dogma stars Jena Malone as a high-school student who envisions a handyman (Thomas Plustwik) as Jesus after she conks her head in the pool.
“[B]road-minded enough to portray the evangelical milieu with flair, satirize its foibles with restraint, and respect its ideals even as it shows how individuals may fall short.” —David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor