SPIRITUAL CINEMA RECOMMENDATIONS Revised August 24, 2012 By Evan Hodkins, M. A., M.Div. Director of The SchoolAlchemy www.schoolofalchemy.com Afterlife. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Starring Martin Scorsese. Always. Film directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Richard Dreyfuss & Holly Hunter. Amadeus. Directed by Milos Forman. Starring F. Murray Abraham & Tom Hulce. Amish Grace, Directed by Greg Champion. Starring Kimberly Williams-Palsley. Arabian Nights. Directed by Steve Barron. Starring Mili Avital & Jason Scott Lee. August Rush. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. Starring Freddie Highmore. Awakenings. Directed by Penny Marshall. Starring Robin Williams. Babe. Directed by Chris Noonan. Starring Christine Cavanaugh& James Cromwell Babette’s Feast. Directed by Gabriel Axel. Starring Stephane Audran. Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Michael J. Fox. Because of Winn-Dixie. Directed by Wayne Wang. Starring Jeff Daniels & Anna Sophia Robb Bee Season. Directed by Scott McGehee & David Seigel. Starring Richard Gere & Flora Cross. Bedazzled. Directed by Harold Ramis. Starring Brendan Fraser & Elizabeth Hurley. Being Human. Directed by Bill Forsyth. Starring Robin Williams. Bicentennial Man. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Robin Williams. Big Fish. Directed by Tim Burton; starring Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney. Big Night. Directed by Campbell Scott & Stanley Tucci. Starring Stanley Tucci. The Bishop’s Wife. Directed by Henry Koster. Starring Cary Grant, David Niven & Loretta Young. The Blue Butterfly. Directed by Lea Pool. Starring William Hurt. Brother Future. Directed by Roy Campanella II. Starring Phil Lewis. Brother Sun, Sister Moon. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Starring Graham Faulkner & Judi Bowker. Bruce Almighty. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Starring Jim Carrey & Denzel Washington. Burning Times. Directed by Donna Read. By The Skin of Our Teeth. Directed by Jack O’Brien. Starring Blair Brown, Harold Gould, Rue McClanahan & Sada Thompson. C.S. Lewis Through The Shadowlands. Directed by Norman Stone. Starring Joss Ackland & Claire Bloom. Charlotte’s Web. Directed by Gary Winick. Starring Julia Roberts & Dakota Fanning. Chocolat. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Starring Juliette Binoche. Celestine Prophecy. Directed by Armand Mastroianni. A Christmas Carol. Directed by David Jones. Starring Patrick Steward. The Christmas Truce. The History Channel. Cinema Paradiso. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Starring Salvatore Cascio & Marco Leonardi. City of Angels. Directed by Brad Silberling. Starring Meg Ryan & Nicholas Cage. Click. Directed by Frank Coraci. Starring Adam Sandler. Close Encounters of a Third Kind. Directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss & Francois Truffaut. Cocoon. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, & Hume Cronyn. Copying Beethoven. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Starring Diane Kruger & Ed Harris. Contact. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Jodi Foster & Matthew McConaughey. Crime and Punishment. Directed by Joseph Sargent. Starring Patrick Dempsey & Ben Kingsley. The Da Vinci Code. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Tom Hanks. The Day the Earth Stood Still. Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Michael Rennie & Patricia Neal. The Gods Must Be Crazy. Directed by Jamie Uys. Starring Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo & Nixau. Dead Poet’s Society. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Robin Williams. Death Takes A Holiday. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Starring Fredric March. Deconstructing Harry. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen. Defending Your Life. Directed by Albert Brooks. Starring Albert Brooks & Meryle Streep. My Dinner With Andre. Directed by Louis Malle. Starring Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn. Don Juan DeMarco. Directed by Jeremy Leven. Starring Johnny Depp & Marlon Brando. Door to Door. Directed by Steven Schacter. Starring William H. Macy. Dragonfly. Directed by Tom Shadyac. Starring Kevin Costner. The Dust Factory. Directed by Eric Small. Starring Martin Mueller-Stahl. Earthsea. Directed by Robert Lieberman. Starring Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk & Danny Glover. E.T. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Henry Thomas & Dee Wallace. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, starring Kate Winslet & Jim Carrey. Excalibur. Directed by John Boorman. Starring Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson & Helen Mirren. Fairy Tale. Directed by Charles Sturridge. Starring Harvey Keitel & Peter O’Toole. The Family Man. Directed by Brett Ratner. Starring Nicolas Cage & Tea Leoni. Faraway, So Close. Directed by Wem Winders. Starring Bruno Ganz & Peter Falk. Field of Dreams. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan & James Earl Jones. Finding Neverland. Directed by Marc Foster. Starring Johnny Depp & Kate Winslet. The Fisher King. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Jeff Bridges & Robin Williams. The Five People You Meet In Heaven. Directed by Lloyd Kramer. Starring Jon Voight. Forbidden Planet. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis & Leslie Nielson. Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks. The Fountain. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Hugh Jackman & Rachel Weisz. Gandhi. Directed by Richard Attenborough. Starring Ben Kingsley. Ghost. Directed by Jerry Zucker. Starring Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore. Girl With The Pearl Earring. Directed by Peter Webber. Goya’s Ghost. Directed by Milos Foreman. The Grace Card. Directed by David Evans. Starring Michael Joiner. Great Expectations. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Starring Ethan Hawke & Gwyneth Paltrow. Groundhog Day. Film directed by Harold Ramis. Starring Bill Murray. A Guy Named Joe. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo; starring Spencer Tracy & Irene Dunne. Harold and Maude. Directed by Hal Ashby. Starring Ruth Gordon & Bud Cort. Harvey. Directed by Henry Koster. Starring Jimmy Stewart. Heart and Souls. Directed by Ron Underwood. Starring Robert Downey, Jr. The Horse Whisperer. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring Robert Redford & Kristin Scott Thomas. I Heard The Owl Call My Name. Directed by Daryl Duke. Starring Tom Courtenay & Dean Jagger. Immortal Beloved. Directed by Bernard Rose. Starring Gary Oldman. Inkheart. Directed by Ian Softley. Starring Brenden Fraser. The Interpreter. Directed by Sydney Pollack. Starring Nicole Kidman & Sean Penn. It’s A Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Jimmy Steward & Donna Reed. Jesus of Montreal. Directed by Denys Arcand. Starring Lothaire Bluteau. Johnny Got His Gun. Directed by Dalton Trumbo. Starring Timothy Bottoms. Joyeux Noel. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring Diane Kruger. Just Like Heaven. Directed by Mark Waters. Starring Reese Witherspoon & Mark Ruffalo. Kate & Leopold. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman. Knowing. Directed by Alex Proyas. Starring Nicholas Cage. K-Pax. Directed by Iain Softley. Starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Lady Chatterly’s Lover. Directed by Just Jaeckin. Starring Sylvia Kristel & Nicholas Clay. Ladyhawke. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Matthew Broderick & Michelle Pfeiffer. Lake House. Directed by Alejandro Agresti. Starring Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock. The Lamp. Directed by Tracy J. Trost. Starring Louis Gossett, Jr. The Last Brickmaker in American. Directed by Gregg Champion. Starring Sidney Poitier. The Last Mimzy. Directed by Bob Shaye. Starring Chris O’Neil & Rhiannon Leigh Wryn. The Last Sin Eater. Directed by Michael Landon, Jr. Starring Louise Fletcher. The Last Temptation of Christ. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring William Dafoe & Barbara Hershey. The Last Wave. Film directed by Peter Weir, starring Richard Chamberlain. Lathe of Heaven. Directed by Philip Haas. Starring James Caan and Lukas Hass. The Legend of Bagger Vance. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring Will Smith & Matt Damon. The Librarian. Directed by Peter Winther. Starring Noah Wyle. Like Water For Chocolate. Directed by Alfonso Arau. Starring Marco Leonardi & Lumi Cavazos. Lost Horizon. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, and Sam Jaffe. Love Actually. Directed by Richard Curtis. Starring Hugh Grant & Maritine McCutheon. The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns. Directed by John Henderson. Starring Randy Quad & Whoopi Goldberg. The Majestic. Directed by Frank Darabont. Starring Jim Carrey. Matter of Heart. Directed by Mark Whitney. A Matter of Life and Death. Directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. Starring David Niven. Meet Joe Black. Starring Anthony Hopkins & Brad Pitt. Michael. Directed by Nora Ephron. Starring John Travolta, William Hurt & Andie MacDowell. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Michael Hoffman. Starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer & Stanley Tucci. The Milagro Beanfield War. Directed by Robert Redford. Starring Ruben Blade & Sonia Braga. Mindwalk. Screenplay by Fritjof Capra. Starring Sam Waterston, John Heard & Liv Ullman. Mr.Holland’s Opus. Directed by Stephen Herek. Starring Richard Dreyfuss. National Treasure. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Starring Nicolas Cage. Nell. Directed by Michael Apted. Starring Jodie Foster. The Never Ending Story. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson. Starring Noah Hathaway & Barret Oliver. Neverwas. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen & Nick Nolte. Noelle. Directed by David Wall. Starring David Wall. An Occurrence At The Owl Creek Bridge. Directed by Robert Enrico. Starring Roger Jaquet. Oh God. Directed by Carl Reiner. Starring John Denver & George Burns.