Stories About Jesus, Ranked

by Joal Ryan, for Metacritic – November 18, 2016

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.

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51 Risen

Critics were mixed on this 2016 drama starring Cliff Curtis (Fear the Walking Dead) as Yeshua (or Jesus) which retold the Resurrection as "an ancient Roman cop movie."

“[A] nice-enough telling of the Resurrection of Jesus, which at times seems like it also wants to be a Very Special Episode of CSI: Jerusalem.” —Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

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