Welcome to the Movies Section
This is a resource for using film /movie, video and DVD clips to illustrate talks, points and ideas from the Bible and life. These are useful in church sessions, assemblies, youth work talks and even for teachers in schools.
All these have the movie / film name and then the points you can bring out. There are many more points you can get - we hope this will help and get you thinking. For example we used Finding Nemo to illustrate spreading the Gospel. There are now over 25 movies we have listed on this site, each with several points you can bring out.
Where possible we try to list the Chapter on the DVD, and give timings where we can. Most sections are broken down into the name of the movie, how they illustrate points. On some sections, we don't give the exact timings from the DVD or video cassette, but give the outline of the clip and where it can be found.
The Good Movies section is there to try to give you some ideas of suitable movies to show your group. Not all movies are included, contact us if you want to feedback any suggestions. We've also put this information on this page below..
Some of the content that was here has now been moved to the 'technical' pages - please look there for info on digital cameras, shooting video and LCD TVs.
| WHAT MOVIE | POINTS THE MOVIES CAN BRING OUT |
| Barbershop | Choices - Forgiveness & Restoration - Believing in someone - Community, Value |
| Batman | Revenge - Conquering Fear |
| Bruce Almighty | Actions and Consequences - Prayer - Free Will - God's Character - God as a person - Personal reponsibility - Signs from God - Selfishness & Transformation |
| Castaway | Letting Go - of sin, of comfort.. |
| Changing Lanes | Judgement - Is There A God? - Goodness = Heaven? - Jesus The Only Way? This also includes a good look at Bible verses too |
| Coach Carter | Tough love - Life more than a game - Making a difference - Perseverance - Believing in something or someone |
| Day After Tomorrow | Prophecy - End of the world - Faith - Friendship - Teamwork - Perseverance |
| Field Of Dreams | Faith, (also persevering, belief, vision, prophecy, healing) |
| Finding Nemo | Loyalty - Love - Perseverance - Spreading the Gospel - Disobedience - Not judging |
| Forrest Gump | Persistence - Love - Courage - Hope - Faith - Overcoming adversity - Life and death |
| Happy Feet | Idolatry - Your Heart Song - Being Yourself - Love - Exclusion - Religious Pharisees - Overcoming Adversity / Teamwork - Determination and the Will to Succeed - The Environment |
| Ice Age 2 | Your identity - Confronting Fear - Jesus Saves / Counter-culture lifestyle |
| Kingdom Of Heaven | The Cross / Hell / Life of Faith and our Christian witness |
| Lord Of The Rings 1 | Faith, trust, hope - Good and evil, God and satan - Integrity & responsibility - Jesus the Saviour - Teamwork and unity - Temptation - The Christian journey - The end times |
| Lord Of The Rings 2 | Humour - Weight and wages of sin - Treachery and its price - Sorcery - Too busy for Jesus? |
| Lord Of The Rings 3 | Jesus as King - looking at the defeat of evil, the Cross, God's plan for mankind to be reastored to him through Jesus (looking at Ephesians and many other Bible passages) |
| Matrix 1 | Jesus - Oracle - Choices - Treachery - The World |
| Matrix 2 | Many doors, only one truth - Evereyone has their role - Architect - Freedom - Neo and believers |
| Matrix 3 | Losing your life to gain your life for Christ - Fighting for Zion / for Jesus |
| Mean Girls | Confession and absolution, being true to yourself, friendship, relationships, bitchiness, forgiveness, hypocrisy |
| Pay It Forward | Making a difference, faith without good works is no faith |
| Shawshank Redemption | Freedom (from sin, not freedom to sin) |
| Shrek 1 and Shrek 2 | Wanting something badly enough - God sees the heart - Standing out for the Gospel - Loving someone for who they are - Working together |
| Spiderman | Knowing who you are - Perseverance - Good defeating evil |
| Spiderman 2 | Love - Loyalty - Bitterness and hate - Identity in Christ - Cost of following Christ - Relationships - Character above gifting |
| The Fighting Temptations | Music - The Heart - No more fronting - Hypocrisy - Being right with God |
| The Incredibles | Selfish selfishness - Stuck in everyday life - Not neglecting those close to you - Not denying who you are - Truth - Not rejecting others - We all have a power - Working together - Being a Hero |
| The Hulk | Change and transformation |
| The Rookie | Perseverance - God's Promises - All things through Christ who strengthens me |
| The Simpsons | Music - The Soul - What is church - Church in action - Who is God - Evangelism - Sundays - Other religions - Prayer - Answered prayer - Charismatics, healing, evangelists - 10 Commandments, Bible, conviction of sin - God's conditions for being saved - Breaking your word, integrity - Taking a stand, morality - God doesn't always answer prayer the way we want - God's lets things happen to shape us - Sold out for God - Who are your friends - Young people taking a stand - Idolatry - Do you love God's Word - Step of faith and friends |
| What Dreams May Come | Heaven and Hell (although reflected bizarrely in the movie) |
| Willy Wonka | Faith - Selfishness - Facing your past - Jealousy - Family |
| X-Men 2 | Identity - God - Sacrifice |
