The
Gospel of John in Film, Television, and Multimedia
by Glenn Patrick
Buxton List
of Jesus Films [Productions
most relevant to the Gospel of John are highlighted in dark red]
Films, Videos, and Television
Series (in chronological order):
Jésus devant Pilate (Alice Guy,1898)
La vie et la passion de Jésus-Christ
(Louis Lumière, 1898)
La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ
(Lucien Nonguet; Ferdinand Zecca 1905; France)
...aka Life and Passion of Christ (International:
English title)
...aka La Passion de notre-seigneur Jésus
Christ (France)
La vie du Christ (1906; France)
...aka La Naissance, la vie et la mort de
Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ (complete French title)
...aka La Passion
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
...aka Jesus of Nazareth
Intolerance (D.W. Griffith,1916)
The Story of the Bible (1923)
The King of Kings (Cecil B. Demille,1927)
Barabbas (1935 )
Bom Jesus de Braga (1936)
The Blood of Jesus (1941)
Jesús de Nazareth (1942)
Going To Glory... Come To Jesus (1946)
Ben Hur (1959)
King of Kings (Nicholas
Ray, 1961)
The Sin of Jesus (1961)
The Face of Jesus (1961)
Il vangelo secondo Matteo (Pier Paolo Pasolini,
1964)
.aka The Gospel according to St. Matthew (Film,
VHS, DVD)
...aka L' Évangile selon saint Matthieu
(France)
The Greatest Story Ever
Told (George Stevens, 1965)
La Bibbia (1966; Italy)
...aka The Bible (John Huston; USA)
...aka The Bible... In the Beginning
Seduta alla sua destra (1968)
...aka Black Jesus (USA)
...aka Out of Darkness (UK)
...aka Seated at His Right
...aka Super Brother
Son of Man (Gareth Davies, 1969)
A Vida de Jesus Cristo (1971)
Plasticni Isus (1971)
...aka Plastic Jesus
Jesus Blood (1972)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Norman Jewison, 1973)
Godspell (David Greene, 1973)
Proceso a Jesús (1973)
Jeg så Jesus dø (1975)
Jesus von Ottakring (1976)
...aka Die Neider sind noch nicht gezählt
Jesus of Nazareth (Franco Zeffirelli, 1977;
Italy)
...aka Gesù di Nazareth
The Sex Life of Jesus (1977)
The Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978; TV
series)
How the Bible Came to Be (1978; Netherlands;
Video)
Jesus (John Krish & Peter Sykes, 1979)
...aka The Public Life of Jesus: A Documentary
(USA)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Terry Jones,
1979)
The Day Christ Died (James Cellan Jones, 1980)
In Search of Historic Jesus (1980)
Jesús, el niño de Dio (1980)
Jesús, María y José (1980)
...aka Jesus, Mary and Joseph (informal English
title)
...aka Leyendas de la infancia de N.S. Jesucristo
(Mexico: subtitle)
Peter and Paul (1981; TV series)
Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ
(1982)
...aka Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
(International: English title)
Jesus: His Life and His Land (1984; Video)
A.D.: Anno Domini (1985; TV series; Video)
Un Bambino di nome Gesù (1987)
...aka A Child Called Jesus
...aka Ein Kind mit Namen Jesus (West Germany)
Barabbas (1987)
The Nativity (1987; Video, Animated)
Jesus Bambino (1987)
Cotton Patch Gospel
(1988; Video)
The Living Word from
the Gospel of John (1988; Video)
The Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese,
1988)
Jésus de Montréal (Denys Arcand,
1989)
...aka Jesus of Montreal
Mat Iisusa (1989)
...aka Mother of Jesus
Early Christianity: The Rise of the Church
(1989; Video Series)
St. John in Exile (Dean
Jones Productions, 1989; Video)
The Miracles of Jesus (1989; Video)
The Archaeology of Jerusalem. (1990; two-part
Video)
The N. Town Passion (1990; Video, Play)
Out of the Tombs... Mark 5:1-20 (1991; Video)
Jesus and His Times (1991; three-part Video)
God and Mankind (1991; Video Lecture Series)
Who Killed the Baby Jesus (1992)
Jesus Christ Movie Star
(1992; Video Documentary)
The Robe (H. Koster, 1992)
Jesus vender tilbage (1992)
...aka The Return
Biblical Women. (1993; Video)
The Dead Sea Scrolls (1993; Video)
Jesus Walking on Screen (1993)
Jesus: Who do Men Say That I Am? (1994; Video)
Jesus von New Orleans (1994)
...aka Jesus of New Orleans
Mysteries of the Bible (1994; TV series)
Song of the Holy Land (1994; Video)
The Gospel of Luke (1994; four-part Video)
The Jesus Summit (1994; Video)
The Lindisfarne Gospels (1995; Video)
Great People of the Bible and How they Lived
(1995; Video)
Jesus at 2000 (1996) (Video Series)
Jesus of Judson (1996)
Lives of Jesus (1996; TV series)
Matthew (Visual Bible, Regardt van den Bergh,
1996)
The Revolutionary: Parts I and II (1996-1997)
Do you Believe in Miracles? (1997; Video)
The Lives of Jesus (1997) (three-part Video)
The Hidden Jesus
Jesus the Rebel
Jesus the Jew
Les Démons de Jésus (1997)
La Vie de Jésus (1997)
...aka The Life of Jesus (USA)
The Birth of Jesus (1998)
From Jesus To Christ
(1998; PBS)
Jesus: The Man You Thought You Knew (1998)
Jesus 2000 (1998)
Stripping for Jesus (1998)
Jesus (1999; TV series)
The Jesus File (1999; TV series)
Mary & Jesus (1999; TV Movie)
Mensch, Jesus! (1999)
Super Jesus (1999)
Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert (2000)
...aka Hunting for Jesus... with my Slingshot
...aka Odd Little Man (International: English
title)
Jesus & Hutch (2000)
Jesus of Cinema (2000)
The Gospel according to John (2000; Leonardo
Defilippis)