Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

In 2004 Arts & Faith, an online discussion group comprised of film critics and other contributors, announced its list of the Top 100 spiritually significant films ever made. The list is in alphabetical order.

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)
2001: A Space Odyssey (2001)
The Addiction (1995)
Amadeus (1984)
American Beauty (1999)
Andrei Rublev (1969)
The Apostle (1997)
Balthazar (1966)
Babette’s Feast (1987)
Bad Lieutenant (1987)
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
The Big Kahuna (1999)
Blade Runner (1982)
Breaking The Waves (1996)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Chariots Of Fire (1981)
Code Unknown (2000)
Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)
Days Of Heaven (1978)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Decalogue (1987)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Dogma (1999)
Dogville (2003)
The Sweet Life (1960)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
Fearless (1993)
Fight Club (1999)
The Son (2002)
Not Of This World (1999)
Grand Canyon (1991)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hell House (2001)
Henry V (1989)
Wings Of Desire (1987)
Living (1952)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Jean de Florette, Manon des sources (1986)
Jesus Of Montreal (1989)
Jesus Of Nazareth (1977)
The Diary Of A Country Priest (1951)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The Last Days Of Disco (1998)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
Monty Python’s Life Of Brian (1979)
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (2001-03)
My Night At Maud’s (1969)
Magnolia (1999)
A Man For All Seasons (1966)



The Matrix (1999)
The Man Without A Past (2002)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
The Mission (1986)
Close-Up (1990)
The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
The Sacrifice (1986)
On The Waterfront (1954)
The Word (1955)
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
The Passion Of The Christ (2004)
Peter And Paul (1981)
Ponette (1996)
The Prince Of Egypt (1998)
The Promise (1996)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Sansho The Bailiff (1954)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Shadowlands (1993)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Signs (2002)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Solaris (1972)
Stalker (1979)
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back & Return Of The Jedi (1977, 1980, 1983)
Stevie (2002)
The Straight Story (1999)
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927)
Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Three Colours Trilogy (1992, 1993, 1994)
Tokyo Story (1953)
The Truman Show (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964)
Vanya On 42nd Street (1994)
A Man Escaped (1956)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Day Of Wrath (1943)
Waking Life (2001)
Werkmeister Harmonies (2000)
Witness (1995)
The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)
Yi Yi: A One And A Two (2000)
The Mirror (1975)



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