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.
Jesus is a central, if briefly glimpsed, character in this inspirational family drama about a boy (Connor Corum) who describes meeting Jesus during a health scare. Like the nonfiction book it was based on, the movie was a hit. Critics, however, were mostly cool to it.
“Heaven is sincere to a fault, and the closer it gets to heaven, the more it wavers.” —Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times