Today we continue discussing thought-provoking and beautiful films with strong Christian values. If you missed our previous article, we encourage you to check it out – many interesting ideas are waiting there for you. And now let’s move ahead to Part 2.
Of Gods and Men
This film is also based on a true story that happened in 1996 during the Algerian Civil War. Cistercian monks lived in peace with the local Muslim population until they were kidnapped and assassinated because of external forces. This is a story about how external factors, such as a decaying government, terrorism growth, and emerging confrontation changes the relationships between people in different regions and eventually can lead to the death of innocent people. Monks had a chance to survive if they had left Algeria and stopped helping local people. But they decided to stay to fulfill their duty.
Shadowlands
This is a biographical drama that has a real love story inside. A bachelor C.S. Lewis meets a married American poet Joy Gresham with her son in England. The feelings between them grow and evolve into love and understanding. Gresham divorces her husband and returns to England. The new couple gets married. They open a new world for each other and share their views, values, and beliefs. However, their feelings are tested by a sudden diagnosis of Gresham – cancer.
This beautiful movie depicts love and Christian values and is for sure a nice film for a Christian couple.
Marriage Retreat
This funny film about relationships and marriage tells the stories of several couples who get too disappointed in their relationships. They forget that initially this is God who brings us together. These couples appear on a marriage retreat where they have to challenge their understanding of marriage and find new ways to love their spouses. Couples have to learn one more time to rely on each other and confront their sins on the go.
No Greater Love
This movie is not about heroes or priests. It tells the story of an average couple, Jeff and Heather, who lived together in a happy marriage. But when life becomes hard, Heather feels too weak and gives in. She leaves her husband and son all alone. Ten years later, Jeff is raising their son alone when suddenly they meet again. After 1o years, they try to build their relationship one more time. This film is about the power of forgiveness and teaches us to accept people’s weaknesses. We all can make mistakes, what’s important is how we handle the consequences.
Fireproof
He is a fire captain and she is a hospital administrator. The married couple faces problems in their relationship. Caleb is perfect at work, but at home, he forgets about his values and often puts his own egoistic desires higher than his love for his wife. Catherine, frustrated by her husband’s constant use of porn and his selfishness, decides to divorce. However, Caleb’s friends and father encourage him to try Love Dare. Caleb unwillingly agrees to try this 40-day challenge so as to save this marriage, but… Catherine finds a lover at the same time. After numerous attempts, broken dreams, and hearts, Caleb and Catherine decide to give their marriage one more chance.
Love Comes Softly
This beautiful movie shows us a widow, Marty Claridge, who agreed to marry again not because of love but driven by necessity. She needs a place to stay in winter and Clark Devis offers her financial help, including a ticket back home in Spring, if she agrees to marry him and play a mom for his daughter for one winter. With time Marty learns more about Clark’s beliefs in God and develops a relationship with his daughter. Little by little Marty and Clark fall in love with each other. This heart-moving film about love will be a perfect way to spend a date.
Tender Mercies
Tender Mercies is one more film about love and forgiveness. Mac Sledge is a country music singer who has problems with alcohol. One day Mac meets the hotel owner, Rosa Lee, and asks her to let him stay as long as he works for her. Rosa Lee has one more restriction – to stay away from alcohol – which Mac willingly accepts to show his desire to start a new life. This is a beautiful story about a man who finds his new path in life and about faith and love that can overcome everything, even the hardest addiction.
That’s it! How do you like these movies? Feel free to share your ideas in the comments below.