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An electrifying dramatization of historical events, Judas and the Black Messiah is a forceful condemnation of racial injustice -- and a major triumph for its director and stars. FBI informant...
The Best Movies of 2020, Ranked by Tomatometer. Rotten Tomatoes has collected every movie designated Certified Fresh over the past year, creating our guide to the best movies of 2020.
Best-Reviewed Movies 2020: Wide Release. A wide release is defined as a movie that plays in over 600 theaters…meaning it was a bit of a lighter crowd this year, considering 2020’s state of...
- Woodlawn (2015) – 71 Percent. It was the third movie from filmmakers Jon and Andrew Erwin and spotlighted a 1970s Alabama high school football team that was nearly torn apart due to racial strife until most of the players accepted Christ.
- I Can Only Imagine (2018) – 63 Percent. It shocked Hollywood by finishing third in its opening weekend and became the top-grossing film in the history of Roadside Attractions -- the same studio that released the Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea.
- Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (2016) – 60 Percent. It’s a riveting documentary chronicling Hillsong United, the Christian band that’s behind some of the most popular music in churches, such as Oceans.
- Greater (2016) – 67 Percent. College football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on, relies on faith, hard work and dedication to turn himself into an All-American for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
- 14 'Breakthrough'
- 13 'Amazing Grace'
- 12 'Signs'
- 11 'Silence'
- 10 'The Tree of Life'
- 9 'Hacksaw Ridge'
- 8 'The Ten Commandments'
- 7 'Ben-Hur'
- 6 'The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind'
- 5 'Calvary'
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 62%
Based on the true story of a young boy named John Smith, Breakthrough revolves around the miraculous recovery of John (Marcel Ruiz), who falls through the ice of a frozen lake and is declared dead for over an hour. But his mother, Joyce Smith, holds out hope and desperately prays for her son's recovery. John's heart begins to beat again through the power of prayer, and in defiance of initial medical expectations, he finally makes a full recovery. Breakthrough is a rare example of a faith-base...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68%
Helmed by future The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader director Michael Apted, Amazing Grace follows the true story of William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) as he converts to Christianity and fights to end the slave trade in Great Britain. As Wilberforce fights with Parliament to outlaw slavery in England, we also pivot to the story of John Newton (played here by Albert Finney), the writer of the titular hymn for which the film is named. As the stories of Wilberforce and Newt...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 75%
The most speculative movie on this list, M. Night Shyamalan's Signs is a powerful film that wrestles with the notion of divine providence and the struggles of maintaining faith in the face of grief. Mel Gibson plays a former Episcopalian priest, Graham Hess, as he fights to raise his two young children in the wake of their mother's death. With the help of his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix), things get even more tricky when aliens invade the Earth. While many have speculated that the aliens...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
Directed by Martin Scorcese, Silence is a theological and historical drama based on the novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. Starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as Jesuit priests on a mission to Edo period Japan, they hope to locate their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) and spread their faith to the far reaches of the map. Unfortunately, things don't come easy as the Japanese officials stand steadily in their way. While Silence is a bit controversial, it does an excellent job portraying...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Director Terrence Malick's Tree of Life is arguably one of the first and biggest mainstream films to deal with the concept of faith, pulling explicitly from the Bible's Book of Job. The movie follows the adult Jack O'Brien, played by Sean Penn, as he reflects deeply on his childhood, with his parents being played by Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain. One of the most theologically profound aspects of this movie is the attention it gives to two opposing forces of humanity: the way of grace and the...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Years after Mel Gibson put together The Passion of the Christ, he opted to tell the story of a young combat medic named Desmond Doss (played by Andrew Garfield) during the Second World War. Hacksaw Ridge is the result, following Seventh-day Adventist Doss, a conscientious objector who decides to enter the Pacific battlefield to save lives rather than kill them. Doss' strong faith, honorable courage, and desire to see life preserved is the backbone to this powerful biographical drama. It's no...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Charlton Heston's foremost biblical epic, directed by Cecil B. Demille, The Ten Commandments is a masterwork in American filmmaking that brings the story of Moses from the Book of Exodus to life. As Heston's Moses confronts Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Rameses II for the salvation of the Hebrew people, it's clear that this Old Testament classic has remained a filmmaking marvel for a reason. Heston (who doubles as Moses and the voice of God) is a powerful presence here, and though his work in Ben-Hur...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
Speaking of Charlton Heston... One of the most spectacular period movies on record, The Best Years of Our Lives helmer William Wyler's astounding epic is based on the most popular Christian novel of the 19th century: Lew Wallace's Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The story follows a wrongly convicted and enslaved Jewish noble whose adventures parallel, and even intertwine, with the story of Jesus Christ. Featuring Charlton Heston's best performance, Ben-Hur won a record 11 Oscars (only matched...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
Based on the true story of William Kamkwamba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind follows William (Maxwell Simba) as he is forced to drop out of school due to a famine that devastates his village. Despite having no formal education, William is motivated to find a solution to the issues affecting his community, especially the starvation and drought that endanger their way of life. He becomes passionate about using wind energy to power a water pump and irrigate the fields, giving a lifeline for his...
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Calvaryfollows the story of a sincere, yet imperfect priest seeking to minister to a town that is burdened by sin and doubt. After an anonymous source warns Father James will pay for the sins of other priests with his life, the weight of the problems of the town seems to grow, and it seems there is a limit to the reconciliation Father James is able to usher in. Brendan Gleesonplays the priest Father James perfectly. The film provides an interesting premise: rather than telling a story of a ba...
Sep 9, 2023 · Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 98% Based on the true story of Jeremy Camp's hit song after his late wife's passing, this movie shows how Christian music and films can influence millions.
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Fernando Guzzoni's Jesus is at its best when it steers clear of pat moralizing and simply yokes its moody sense of atmosphere to the aimlessness of the story's young characters.
