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1. The Bible in the Beginning... (1966)

Unrated | 174 min | Drama, Family

6.2

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Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston

Votes: 6,267 | Gross: $34.90M

2. King of Kings (1961)

PG-13 | 168 min | Biography, Drama

7.0

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The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell

Votes: 9,042 | Gross: $14.48M

3. Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, History, Romance

6.1

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After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan

Votes: 3,802 | Gross: $12.20M

4. King David (1985)

PG-13 | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

5.3

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The Biblical story of Israel's greatest King.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley

Votes: 2,539 | Gross: $4.80M

5. David and Bathsheba (1951)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Family, History

6.1

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After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore

Votes: 2,657

6. Solomon (1997)

PG-13 | 180 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

6.5

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David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon.

Stars: Ben Cross, Richard Dillane, Anouk Aimée, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 1,490

7. David (1997)

190 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

6.9

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The tribes of Israel need to defeat the superior might of the Philistines: "Now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have." (I Samuel, 8:5). And so the prophet Samuel ... See full summary »

Stars: Maurice Roëves, Gina Bellman, Lina Sastri, Joseph Long

Votes: 1,555

8. King David (2012)

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The story of "David" anointed as a young man to be king of Israel, an action that would give him a turbulent life until his reign was secured. Based upon the text of books of "Samuel".

Stars: Leonardo Brício, Gracindo Júnior, Cláudio Fontana, Renata Dominguez

Votes: 368

9. Ben Hur (2003 Video)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Family

6.9

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When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Director: William R. Kowalchuk Jr. | Stars: Charlton Heston, Duncan Fraser, Scott McNeil, Gerard Plunkett

Votes: 960

10. The Small One (1978)

G | 26 min | Animation, Short, Drama

7.5

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Ordered by his father to sell his old, small donkey, named Small One, a boy in ancient Palestine takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph.

Directors: Don Bluth, Jack Cutting, Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Sean Marshall, William Woodson, Olan Soule, Hal Smith

Votes: 2,094

11. The Hunt for the Hidden Relic (2002 TV Movie)

R | 182 min | Action, Thriller, Mystery

5.8

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A German archaeological excavation in Israel finds a 2,000-year-old skeleton holding instructions for a video camera - results of an apparent time traveler who recorded footage of Jesus Christ.

Director: Sebastian Niemann | Stars: Matthias Koeberlin, Naike Rivelli, Manou Lubowski, Hans Diehl

Votes: 2,219

12. Solomon & Sheba (1995 TV Movie)

101 min | Drama, Romance

5.5

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Queen of Sheba goes on a secret business trip to meet king Solomon.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Halle Berry, Jimmy Smits, Nickolas Grace, Kenneth Colley

Votes: 246

13. The Queen of Sheba (1921)

90 min | Adventure, Drama

7.1

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The story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, king of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Betty Blythe, Fritz Leiber, Claire de Lorez, George Siegmann

Votes: 67

14. Herod the Great (1959)

93 min | Biography, Drama, History

4.8

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Herod, King of Judea, is made a prisoner by the Romans. Convinced the King is dead, his faithful lieutenant, Aaron, is nevertheless unable to keep his promise to kill the Queen if something untoward happened to the King. He leads the young woman out into the desert. Herod's pleas to Augustus are successful and he returns to his palace. His son, Antipater, informs Herod that Aaron has betrayed him.

Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Sylvia Lopez, Massimo Girotti, Sandra Milo

Votes: 247

15. A Story of David: The Hunted (1960)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

5.5

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King Saul of Israel is jealous of the fame and adoration of David, who long ago slew Goliath and brought victory to Saul's armies. Now Saul, egged on by his Edomite counselor Doeg, attempts... See full summary »

Director: Bob McNaught | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney, Peter Arne, David Knight

Votes: 167

16. The Queen of Sheba (1952)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

5.7

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The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.

Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Leonora Ruffo, Gino Cervi, Gino Leurini, Marina Berti

Votes: 132

17. Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (1992 Video)

Not Rated | 206 min | Documentary

7.5

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In the first of Heston's acclaimed four-part series, the renowned actor serves as storyteller. An ancient Roman amphitheater and other locales in Israel provide the settings for the Oscar ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Westman | Star: Charlton Heston

Votes: 183

18. I giardini dell'Eden (1998)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama

6.3

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A look at Jesus Christ's life, from his childhood to the meeting with the Apostles, focusing on his compassionate human side.

Director: Alessandro D'Alatri | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Boris Terral, Kassandra Voyagis, Saïd Taghmaoui

Votes: 118

19. Saul e David (1964)

TV-G | 105 min | Adventure, Drama

5.8

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David of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.

Director: Marcello Baldi | Stars: Norman Wooland, Gianni Garko, Luz Márquez, Virgilio Teixeira

Votes: 113

20. Yeshua (1984)

Not Rated | 250 min | Biography

8.4

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A documentary series of five, fifty-minute episodes detailing the cultural- historical context of ancient Israel leading up to the life of Jesus Christ (or, in Hebrew, Yeshua Messiah). ... See full summary »

Directors: Ardon Albrecht, John Meredyth Lucas | Star: Oswald C.J. Hoffmann

Votes: 15

21. Corpus Christi (1997– )

52 min | Documentary, History

8.8

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Stars: Christian Amphoux, Moshe Bar-Asher, Marie-Emilie Boismard, Alain Culpepper

Votes: 59

22. Joseph and His Brothers (1990 Video)

30 min | Animation, Short, Family

6.6

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The trio first find themselves in the land of Canaan where they meet Joseph who is sold into slavery by his 11 brothers then jump again into future 13 years to Egypt where Joseph has now become the right hand to the Pharaoh.

Directors: Don Lusk, Ray Patterson | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Darleen Carr, Darryl Hickman, Robert Ito

Votes: 44