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Ultimate Guide to Faith and Spiritually Based TV Mini-Series & Movies
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Another Perfect StrangerAnother Perfect Stranger
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As in "The Perfect Stranger", this film will bring the question to the viewer as to what they would do if they could have a one-on-one with the Lord. This film will be enjoyed by all and may start great conversations between generations. --Donna Rolfe, The Dove Foundation
The Barchester ChroniclesThe Barchester Chronicles
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The first two episodes of this BBC miniseries only hint at the delights to come. A lawsuit aimed at church reform in the town of Barchester forces a decent middle-aged clergyman (Donald Pleasence) into a moral crisis and a conflict with his son-in-law, a pompous archdeacon (Nigel Hawthorne.)
Billy Graham Presents: The ClimbBilly Graham Presents: The Climb
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In this white-knuckle drama, a friendship between two hotshot climbers with very different styles - one a trailblazer, and the other known as "Safety Man" escalates into a test of wills, character and sacrifice that pushes both men beyond their limits.
Billy Graham Presents: The Hiding PlaceBilly Graham Presents: The Hiding Place
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In this inspiring true story of Holocaust survivor Corrie ten Boom, a family joins the underground resistance. But when they themselves are arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps, they realize the importance of their own faith.
Billy Graham Presents - Last Flight OutBilly Graham Presents - Last Flight Out
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A young female medical missionary assists villagers in South America who are being forced to work on a cocoa farm. Her father sends her ex-boyfriend, a pilot, to convince her to return home. But she refuses to leave until all of the villagers have been rescued.
Billy Graham Presents - Road to RedemptionBilly Graham Presents - Road to Redemption
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Christian comedy Road to Redemption has a lot going for it, including a cute concept, sharp comic direction, and a winning cast bound to give the film crossover appeal to secular audiences. A financially strapped couple, Amanda (Julie Condra) and Alan (Jay Underwood), "borrow" $250,000 from Amanda's mobster boss, Santoro (Leo Rossi), and bet it all on a racehorse that doesn't come through.
Billy Graham Presents -  Something to Sing AboutBilly Graham Presents - Something to Sing About
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Love changes people in this music-fueled drama that will have you singing, smiling and searching your heart. For the first time in his life, Tommy has something to hope for, something to live for, something to sing about. After getting out of jail, Tommy is pessimistic about what the future holds. When he meets Memaw, she helps him to find comfort with faith in God.
The Cadfael CollectionThe Cadfael Collection
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Thirteen of the twenty Brother Cadfael novels are presented as feature length movies. Sir Derek Jacobi stars are Brother Cadfael, and the supporting cast and guest stars are superb.
Christy - Return to Cutter GapChristy - Return to Cutter Gap
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(2000) Starring Lauren Lee Smith and Stewart Finlay-McLennan. This tv movie follows the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Smokey Mountains, this 89-minute film begins with an elderly Christy returning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught.
Christy - A Change of SeasonsChristy - A Change of Seasons
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(2001) Starring Lauren Lee Smith and Stewart Finlay-McLennan. In A Change of Seasons, Christy returns to Cutter Gap with her adult daughter, Catherine, and narrates an episode in her life as a young schoolteacher. Begins where Return to Cutter Gap, left off.
Christy - A New BeginningChristy - A New Beginning
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(2001) Starring Lauren Lee Smith and Stewart Finlay-McLennan. In A New Beginning, the second of a two-part PAX production that began with A Change of Seasons, she gets stranded in the forest with Dr. MacNeill (Stewart Finlay-McLennan), and her fiancé David (James Waterston) risks life and limb to rescue her.
Facing the GiantsFacing the Giants
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From the award winning producers of FLYWHEEL, comes an action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure.
Father Brown - Set 1Father Brown - Set 1
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What Agatha Christie did for genteel spinsters with her intrepid crime-solver Miss Marple, G.K. Chesterton did with the splendid Father Brown, a bumbling yet wily cleric in 1920s England, bumping into and then solving the most outlandish crimes. This boxed set includes seven full-length episodes of Father Brown (shown in the U.S. on PBS) in all his twinkly, slightly clueless glory.
Father Brown: Set 2Father Brown: Set 2
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Kenneth More truly inhabits Chesterton’s unlikely hero in these six classic television tales, as seen on the PBS Mystery! series. You’ll surely agree that the good father’s sly wit, benign manner, and steel-trap mind never fail to delight.
FireproofFireproof
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Lt. Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. In the cooling embers of his marriage, it's another story. Caleb's dad asks his son to try The Love Dare and Caleb commits to the challenge. Will he be able to demonstrate love over and over again to a person that's no longer receptive to his love? Or will his marriage go up in smoke?
Flywheel (Director's Cut)Flywheel (Director's Cut)
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Used car salesman Jay Austin (writer/director Alex Kendrick) swindles his customers and teaches his assistant salesmen to do the same--but despite the profits, something gnaws at him. When he realizes that his own son doesn't respect him, Austin has a conversion and accepts God into his life.
In this House of BredeIn this House of Brede
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Based on Rumer Godden's bestselling novel about a wealthy woman who enters a convent, this movie does omit quite a bit from the book - probably due to time. Read the book first, it is wonderful.
JoshuaJoshua
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When Joshua moves to the outskirts of Auburn, he awakens the curiosity of the sleepy town. The locals aren't quite sure what to make of him. They don't know who he is or where he came from, but no one can shake the feeling that they've known him for years.
Love Comes Softly Series, Vol. 1Love Comes Softly Series, Vol. 1
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Contains Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise and Love's Long Journey.
Love Comes Softly Series, Vol. 2Love Comes Softly Series, Vol. 2
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Contains Love's Abiding Joy, Love's Unending Legacy, and Love's Unfolding Dream.
Love Takes WingLove Takes Wing
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The seventh entry in the Love Comes Softly movie series. You do not need to see the previous six entries to enjoy this one.
The Maldonado MiracleThe Maldonado Miracle
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This inspirational movie by first-time director and Academy Award® nominee Salma Hayek, tells the story of a spiritually and financially bankrupt town in need of hope until one day a young boy gives them something to believe in.
Masada - The Complete Epic Mini-SeriesMasada - The Complete Epic Mini-Series
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Peter O'Toole and Peter Strauss star in this adaptation of a real life history footnote. A 1,000 Jews fought against the Romans around the first century AD.
The NoteThe Note
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newspaper columnist Peyton Macgruder (Genie Francis) discovers a note that appears to have been written by a father to his child just minutes before his plane crashed. Peyton--who lost her own husband in tragic accident--is compelled to figure out who the letter was intended for and deliver it to that person. Floundering at work and unable to find true love, she figures she has nothing to lose.
The Note II: Taking a Chance on LoveThe Note II: Taking a Chance on Love
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When do you take a chance on love? It's a question columnist Peyton MacGruder asks herself and her readers. Haunted by past mistakes, Peyton hesitates to take the next step with the man she loves. But a note from a reader warns about the regret caused by passion denied. Peyton uncovers the author's secret history involving a doomed romance? and a love which may yet live again.
The Perfect StrangerThe Perfect Stranger
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Nikki, a troubled attorney receives a mysterious dinner invitation from a man claiming to be Jesus of Nazareth. Throughout their evening of conversation, arguments and spirited debate, Nikki learns things she never knew about life, the universe, and most importantly, herself.
The Rector's WifeThe Rector's Wife
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Lindsay Duncan's lean yet luminous face will draw you in to the story of The Rector's Wife. Anna Bouverie chafes at her limited life as a vicar's wife in a small English town. When her husband Peter is passed over for a promotion and her daughter is bullied at school, Anna gets a job at a supermarket in another town - a small act of independence that sets off gossip domestic fights and worse.
RevelationsRevelations
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Revelations is a spooky, classy thriller depicting the world as a battleground between satanists and those who adhere to miracles revealing God's divine plan for humanity.
Saving Sarah CainSaving Sarah Cain
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When her Amish sister dies, Sarah is forced to question her priorities. Should she move to PA where the children feel safe within their Amish community, or should she relocate them to Oregon where she has a successful career as a newspaper columnist? Presuming that the children are more adaptable than she is, Sarah opts for the latter and gives it a shot at making the kids feel at home.
The Second ChanceThe Second Chance
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Faith can move mountains--and change men's lives. The inspirational tale in The Second Chance weaves the foundation of faith subtly but deeply through the lives of its characters, the Rev. Ethan Jenkins and the Rev. Jake Sanders. Though the two have known each other since they were kids, but their worlds are, well, worlds apart.
The Second ComingThe Second Coming
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Eccleston plays Steve Baxter, a mild-mannered, Manchester pub-crawler called one night to his true destiny as the second Son of God. After a couple of convincing miracles, the world looks to Steve for guidance, but he gives mixed signals causing confusion and panic.
The Stranger Series Box SetThe Stranger Series Box Set
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In every person's life, there's a stranger we all know. From the producers of The Perfect Stranger and Another Perfect Stranger comes a new TV event. Here is a seven episode mini-series of modern day encounters based on events from the New Testament.
The Thorn BirdsThe Thorn Birds
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Starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward. In the Australian outback a priest breaks his vows, fathers a son, and rises through the ranks of the Vatican. The miniseries spans 60 years. Rachel Ward and Byran Brown met and fell in love on the set and later married. Sydney Penny (Hidden Places) stars as the young Meggie. Don't bother with the sequel.
Though None Go with MeThough None Go with Me
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Based on the novel by Jerry Jenkins "Though None Go With Me" tell the story of a young woman growing up in the 50's who devotes her life to the service of God. All of the hardships and sorrows that befall her test her and cause her to question her faith.
Time ChangerTime Changer
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In 1890 Bible Professor Carlisle has written a new book and is about to receive a unanimous endorsement from the board at Grace Bible Seminary. That is until a colleague interferes. Dr. Anderson believes what Carlisle has written could greatly affect future generations. Using a secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.
The Ultimate GiftThe Ultimate Gift
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Billionaire Red Stevens (James Garner) wants to bequeath at least one member of his extended something more valuable than material wealth. Red's arrogant grandson Jason (Drew Fuller) is surprised to learn that he's the recipient. Far from a straightforward gift of cash, land, or stock, Red's bequest comes in the form of a series of recorded instructions which lead him to “the ultimate gift.”
WaterproofWaterproof
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Burt Reynolds plays an aging Jewish shop owner in DC who is shot by an 11 year old in a robbery gone bad. The boy and his mother kidnap Reynolds and take him to their home in Waterproof, LA. What follows is pain, healing and forgiveness.
Welcome to ParadiseWelcome to Paradise
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Preacher Debbie Laramie and her son Hayden are sent from a big city church to the small town of Paradise where Debbie finds a community in desperate need of direction and a town that turns its back on its neediest neighbors. She tries to build a new vision for her congregation that embraces everyone but the deep rooted veil of indifference may be too strong to lift.