12 Best Christian Movies on Hulu

15 Best Christian Movies on Hulu

Switching up different categories to have a binging session on Hulu is always fun. So what are you waiting for? Skip drama or horror and grab your favorite snacks to watch the best Christian movies. The list includes faith-based, spiritual, and Christian movies based on a true story.

So please sit back, gather your family or friends, and try out the 15 movies Hulu has in store for us. Let’s go!

Top Christian Movies

Christian movies are a great way to explore and learn how to live the Christian faith. They are also a great way to talk with your family and friends about your faith.

Some people might be surprised by the movies on this list, but they all have an important message that is worth watching again and again. So quickly get started and watch these faith-based movies to find out what the hype is about. 

1. Ben Is Back (2018)

Ben Is Back (2018)
  • IMDb rating: 6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 43m
  • Cast: Julie Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney. B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Jakari Fraser, and Mia Fowler. 

On Christmas Eve, 19-year-old Ben Burns suddenly visits his suburban home. Holly, Ben’s mother, is happy and friendly yet concerned about her son’s drug abuse. As Holly tries all in her power to maintain Ben clean over the course of a stormy and chaotic 24 hours, new realities are exposed, and a mother’s unwavering love is put to the test.

2. Silence (2016) 

Silence (2016)
  • IMDb rating: 7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama/ Historical Drama 
  • Run time: 2h 41m 
  • Cast: Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Issey Ogata, and Emma Tillinger. 

The Priest Sebastian Rodrigues and Francisco De Garupe, two 17th-century Portuguese preachers, set off on a dangerous expedition to Japan in search of their lost mentor. The two guys minister to the villagers who practice covert Christian worship while there. They must deny their beliefs if discovered by aristocratic families or the powerful samurai or risk a torturous and drawn-out death.

3. Priceless (2016)

Priceless (2016)
  • IMDb rating: 5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama/ Romance 
  • Run time: 1h 37m
  • Cast: Joel Smallbone, Bianca.A.Santos, David Koechner, Amber Midthunder, Jim Parrack, Sarah Minnich, Luce Rans, Travis Hammer, and Jodi Lyn Thomas. 

James is in desperate need of cash and, hoping to reclaim guardianship of his daughter, sets off about delivery for cash with no questions asked. The doubts in his head start to relentlessly follow him as he learns he is giving birth to two young women. James transforms into an unusual hero and fights to protect the purity and life of both women as he starts to fall for one of them.

4. Catching Faith (2015)

Catching Faith (2015)
  • IMDb rating:4.6/10
  • Genre: Drama/Sports
  • Run time: 1h 28m
  • Cast: Garrett Westton, Lorenna York, Alexandra Boylan, Bill Engvall, Dariush Moslemi, Lizz Carter, Erin Ross, Kathie Butler, and Lauren Chavez-Myers. 

Alexa Taylor appears to have the ideal life; her son and daughter are accomplished athletes and outstanding students. But Alexa discovers that family and religion are what matter when things go wrong, and people abandon her.

5. I Can Only Imagine (2018) 

I Can Only Imagine (2018)
  • IMDb rating: 7.3/10
  • Genre: Musical/ Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 50m
  • Cast: J.Michael Finley, Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Carroll, Trace Adkins, Amy Grant, Kevin Downes, Nicole DuPort, and Tanya Clarke. 

Bart Millard’s father, Arthur, mistreats him physically and psychologically as a child in Greenville, Texas. As his condition worsens, Arthur finds atonement by recommitting to his religion and regaining his affection for his kid. Years later, as the lead vocalist of the Christian band MercyMe, Bart is inspired to create the famous song “I Can Only Imagine” by his traumatic upbringing and his repaired connection with his father. 

6. I Still Believe (2020) 

I Still Believe (2020)
  • IMDb rating: 6.4/10 
  • Genre : Romance/ Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 55m
  • Cast: KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Jeremy Camp, Abigail Cowen, Melissa Roxburgh, Nathan Parsons, Shania Twain, Gary Sinise, and Reuben Dodd. 

The genuine portrayal of Christian music artist Jeremy Camp’s experience with love and sorrow seeks to demonstrate that there will always be hope.

The movie I Still Believe follows the story of a struggling country singer. Jeremy Camp, a member of the band Rascal Flatts, plays the role of Jake. Jake loses his wife in a car accident and struggles to find meaning in life without her.

The movie is based on Jeremy’s journey with his wife after she passed away from cancer. This story inspired him to write his song “God Knows,” about finding peace with love and loss after losing someone close to you.

7. Pilgrimage (2017)

Pilgrimage (2017)
  • IMDb rating: 5.8/10
  • Genre: Adventure and Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 36m
  • Cast: Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, and Jon Bernthal

Irish monks make an unwilling journey to Rome in the thirteenth century to accompany their monastery’s most sacred relic. As they walk over a rocky environment destroyed by years of ethnic fighting, their mission quickly turns dangerous. 

This movie is about four people on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. They start with no money, but they soon find help from an old woman who gives them food and shelter. The older woman, revealed as the Devil, in the end, tries to tempt them with money and power. They try to resist her but fail and end up killing each other.

This movie is about the temptation of greed and power that leads you down a path of destruction.

8. Jonah: The Musical (2017)

Jonah: The Musical (2017)
  • IMDb rating: 7.7/10
  • Genre: Musicals/Performing Arts 
  • Run time: 1h 56m
  • Cast: Donna Schilke, Mark Bradley, and Tricia Bridgeman

Jonah: The Musical is a 2018 American Christian film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. In Jonah: The Musical, Jonah is a young man who God has chosen to help save humanity from its sin. He journeys to find his calling while he struggles with his personal life and faith.

He partakes in a staged musical plate where he gets the word of God to forgive the group he has always hated. So Jonah goes down a path of moving on from hating the Ninevites and becomes even more merciful. 

9. Remember the Goal (2016)

Remember the Goal (2016)
  • IMDb rating: 6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 28m
  • Cast: Sydney Marks, Allee Sutton, Quinn Alexis, Jayla Palmer, Margaret Tant, Lacy Hartselle, McKensie Miller, and Jonathan Riggs. 

The teenage coach finds that running a girls’ cross country program at a prestigious Christian school is about more than just sports. She must lead everybody to victory while guiding them through their teenage dilemmas, imparting wisdom and learning a significant amount from her own experience as she does so.

10. The Song (2014)

The Song (2014)
  • IMDb rating: 5.9/10
  • Genre: Romance, Music, Drama 
  • Run time: 1h 56m 
  • Cast: Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, and Alan Powell

A musician creates “The Song” for his wife when they are married and fall in love. Unable to manage the newfound stardom, Jed King’s marriage and his personal life battle to survive as the song becomes an instant sensation. The movie explores how the musician’s wife manages to keep her marriage afloat while her husband is away. She does so by focusing on their relationship and not letting it deteriorate.

The film also examines how a marriage can survive even with one partner working in a career that requires more time than expected.

11. Greater (2016)

Greater (2016)
  • IMDb rating: 7.3/10
  • Genre: Sport 
  • Run time: 2 hours 10m 
  • Cast: Neal McDonough, Christopher Sevrio, Quinton Aaron, Grant Cook, Nick Searcy, Leslie Easterbrook, Gabrielle Keeley, Bryce Kemph, and Jeff Sanders. 

When Brandon Burlsworth was told he wasn’t fit enough to compete in Division I football, he took a chance and walked on, becoming the most admired team member in the organization’s history.

Brandon Burlsworth is a high school senior who was recruited by the University of Alabama football team. He’s a great player and is on the verge of becoming an NFL player, but he has to overcome some obstacles in order to make it happen.

This movie shows how Brandon Burlsworth overcomes these obstacles and becomes an excellent player in the end. It also shows how playing football can change your life for the better.

12. A Fall From Grace (2020)

A Fall From Grace (2020)
  • IMDb rating: 5.8/10 
  • Genre: Thriller 
  • Run time: 2 hours 
  • Cast: Mehcad Brooks, Crystal R.Fox, Phylicia Rashad, Bresha Webb, Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, and Matthew Law. 

A Fall From Grace is a movie about two families who are best friends but end up at odds with each other due to the family members’ different opinions.

The movie is based on the true story of a woman named Grace and her family, who were best friends with another family, the Kipps. The two families had been close for decades until they found out that the Kipps had been hiding their daughter’s affair from them. This led to a falling out between them and created tension for decades until, finally, they were able to make amends in their old age.

13. Noah (2014)

Noah (2014)
  • IMDb rating: 5.8/10 
  • Genre: Adventure/Drama 
  • Run time: 2h 18m 
  • Cast: Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly.

The tale of Noah, one of the last patriarchs to live before the Flood, is told in this film. Noah and his family, which includes his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, as well as his wife Naameh, live a nomadic lifestyle. They encounter Ila, a young girl who has a stomach wound, and her family has been slaughtered, and they make the decision to adopt her. One day, as they are on their way to see Methuselah, Noah’s grandfather, following Noah’s visions of the great Flood that would wipe out everything, they come across Ila. She is alone because her family was killed. 

Before the Great Flood, Noah is tasked with constructing an ark that is large enough to accommodate all of the world’s plant and animal life, all while facing up against Tubal-Cain, his greatest adversary. Although ‘Noah’ did not receive much appreciation from reviewers or audiences, it was a huge success when viewed through the lens of the Bible, and a number of Christian organizations applauded the efforts made to bring the story of ‘Noah’ to life.

14. Soul Surfer (2011)

Soul Surfer (2011)
  • IMDb rating: 7/10 
  • Genre: Drama/Family
  • Run time: 1h 52m 
  • Cast: Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly.

The film ‘Soul Surfer’ is a biopic that tells the story of Bethany Hamilton, an accomplished surfer who was attacked by a shark and lost her hand but who came back to the sport more determined and skilled than ever before. The story begins in the early 21st century when a young woman named Bethany, who resides in Hawaii with her family at the time, discovers that she is interested in surfing. Bethany loses a substantial quantity of blood in addition to her left arm after a tiger shark bites it off during a competition. As a result of the injury, Bethany is eliminated from the tournament. The next thing you know, Bethany is back in the contest and working hard to improve her one-arm surfing skills. 

It is essentially a religious film due to the Hamilton family’s endurance, the fact that they believe in God, and the various biblical references made throughout the film. However, later on, many of these connections were removed so that the film might appeal to audiences who are not Christian. Both the reviewers and the general public had positive things to say about the movie “Soul Surfer.”

15. The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Passion of the Christ (2004)
  • IMDb rating: 7.2/10 
  • Genre: Drama/Indie
  • Run time: 2h 7m 
  • Cast:  Jim Caviezel, Salome Jens, Antonio Banderas, Max von Sydow.

This biblical drama, directed by Mel Gibson, is considered one of the best movies ever created on the life and times of Jesus Christ. Despite being a little bit controversial, the film depicts the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life, particularly the crucifixion and his rising on the third day after his death. The first scene of the film takes place in the Garden of Gethsemane, which is where Jesus is arrested after being betrayed by his companion Judas. Jesus’ crucifixion is scheduled to take place the following day. 

‘The Passion of the Christ’ received praise from film critics and is still one of the highest-grossing films of all time. In addition, it is the highest-grossing religious film of all time. The violence and gore depicted in the movie sparked the controversy surrounding the film. However, ‘The Passion of the Christ’ was praised for its cinematic quality.

FAQs

  1. Are there any good Christian movies on Hulu?

The best Christian movie is Priceless from the list of movies Hulu has. It is a faith-based movie where his beliefs are questioned, and he needs to survive to win the test of his faith. 

  1. Is there any Christian movie on Netflix?

Yes, there are Christian movies on Netflix, including Blue Miracle, A champion heart, and blue miracle are some of the top Christian movies on Netflix.  

Conclusion

Now you know all about the different Faith-based movies out there, you can gather friends and family and have a good time exploring the top Christian movies category on Hulu for different watchers. So grab onto your favorite snacks and bing-on these Christian movies.

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