Noah: 7 Biblical Films That Should Have Come Before

6. Acts

In Case You Missed Sunday School

Acts chronicles the development of Christianity after Jesus' departure. The disciples go out to preach the Gospel, winning converts and slowly going from a Jewish sect to their own religion. At the same time, they face heavy persecution from the Roman authority.

Why It Should Be a Movie

The Social Network with sandals. There's juicy thematic possibilities in exploring a history-capsizing movement in its nascent form. That's what the Facebook movie did, so why can't something similar be done for one of the world's major religions? You could follow the Biblical account literally and have the disciples receive language powers from tongues of flame, thus making it a quasi-fantasy film. Or you could simply play it ambiguously realistic, so that we're unsure of what the disciples do and don't know about Jesus' nature. Either way, it would be a fascinating flick.

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Dan Schindel loves movies more than you do. He considers it an accomplishment to have survived a year and counting in Los Angeles. Someday, he'll be the greatest critic in the world. He spent a year watching a documentary every day, so now he knows everything.