Spiritually Significant Films…

March 13, 2008

Every year, my dear wife’s family has an Oscar picking contest. Some families fill out March madness brackets; mine chooses favorites for art direction and original score. After a few years way behind, this year I scored 14 correct guesses, and tied with my father-in-law for the victory. This year’s reward: easter M&Ms!

This week, The Church Geek pointed me to this wonderful list of 100 “spiritually significant films.” We don’t get to see movies as much as we did pre-twins, but we try to see some now and then, and we used to go see quite a few. So, I was surprised that, like the Church Geek, I’d seen so few of what this author lists as the top 10 (two, actually: The Miracle Maker and the Gospel According to Matthew). Though, part of that has to do with the fact that most of the top 100 seem to be foreign films…

Some of my favorite movies are on the list: Millions, The Mission, The Apostle, Schindler’s List, Les Miserables (though the musical is better, and one of my favorites there too..). One movie I would have had on there that wasn’t: Shawshank Redemption.

Check out the list next time yer planning a rental.

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