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Faith-Based Film & TV April 11, 2024

10 Inspiring Faith-Based Movies For Young Adults

10 Inspiring Faith-Based Movies for Young Adults

By Movieguide® Contributor

It seems increasingly that young adults and college-aged people face difficult challenges today. This curated list features films that cover topics relevant to issues in the current climate. From learning to stand up for what’s right to healing from past pains, these movies will encourage young people to find their identity in Christ. Use caution for young and older children for mature content.

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1

JESUS REVOLUTION

Discernment Drama · PG-13

JESUS REVOLUTION is an accurate, compressed portrait of the hippies and Vietnam War protestors who find Jesus because God calls several Christians to tell them about Jesus Christ. The plot is propelled by a love story between an impoverished young man, Greg…

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2

NEW LIFE

Discernment Drama · PG

NEW LIFE is a well-orchestrated movie about a deep and caring love story featuring a boy from England and an American girl. The opening tells how Ben and Ava developed a crush on one another and eventually got married. Soon, they want…

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3

INDIVISIBLE

Discernment Drama · PG-13

In INDIVISIBLE, Army Chaplain Darren Turner leaves his family for his first tour of duty in Iraq in 2007. Two other soldiers from his base are deployed to the same platoon. As he ministers to the soldiers in the desert, Darren faces…

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4

THE CASE FOR CHRIST

Family Drama · PG

THE CASE FOR CHRIST is the story of how Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel set out to disprove Christianity when his wife, Leslie, became a Christian and challenged Lee’s atheist beliefs. Leslie starts going to church with a Christian nurse who saved…

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5

RUN THE RACE

Family Drama/Sports Drama · PG

RUN THE RACE is a classic underdog story. Zach Truett and his younger brother, Dave, have had the deck stacked against them their whole lives. Their mom died from cancer two years ago, then their alcoholic father abandoned them. Just as Zach…

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6

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE

Family Drama · PG

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE is the story behind the most-played Christian contemporary song, “I Can Only Imagine” by the band MercyMe. Since he was a young boy, Bart Millard’s father, Arthur, was emotionally and physically abusive. When Bart isn’t able to fulfill…

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7

GOD’S NOT DEAD

Family Drama · PG

GOD’S NOT DEAD is an entertaining, profound Christian movie. Josh Wheaton arrives at college and signs up for the best schedule. He’s told not to sign up for one philosophy class, because the professor will crush his Christian faith. He signs up…

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8

FIREPROOF

Family Drama · PG

FIREPROOF is an incredibly gripping, compelling, heartrending, transformational story about saving a marriage that is on the rocks. Kirk Cameron stars as Caleb Holt, a fire chief in a small town who gets respect from everyone except his wife, Katherine, played by…

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9

OCTOBER BABY

Family Drama · PG-13

In OCTOBER BABY, a teenage girl learns she was born from a botched abortion. Angry at her adoptive parents and feeling unwanted, Hannah travels with her friend Jason to Mobile, Alabama to find her birth mother. She discovers the hospital on her…

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10

THE HEART OF MAN

Caution Documentary · PG-13

THE HEART OF MAN is a Christian documentary describing how seven men and women discovered that God’s unconditional love is the only way out of a lifetime of sexual brokenness. The stories describe how the shame of sexual molestation or a mistaken…

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