The Church Times has published a list of the top 50 religious films (PDF), with a bit of commentary explaining why each film was chosen. It looks like a really well-thought-out list—of the top ten, I’ve seen only three, so I’ve got my film-watching work cut out for me. (I’ve been told a million times by friends that I should watch the list’s #1 film—I suppose I should finally get around to it.)

There’s some excellent additional commentary on the list at the Bible Films Blog.

It occurs to me that a list like this would make for a great summertime film discussion group at your church or Bible study. Why not pick the top ten or fifteen movies here and meet throughout the summer to discuss them? Not all of the films will agree with your theological persuasion (and some of them wouldn’t be appropriate for all audiences), but they’d all make for good discussion, I think.