Some links to the ill-defined world of spiritual cinema
The Spiritual Cinema Circle: membership delivers to your door four movies a month.
The Institute for Spiritual Entertainment
Mysticalmovieguide.com: an extensive listing of movies, broken out by categories such as spiritual documentary, biographies, even comedy!
More Inspiration: some of my favorite spiritual films
Sun Valley: a spiritual film festival.
Damah Film Festival: dedicated to short films.
Spirituality and Practice: a rather broad definition of “spiritual”, yet you may find some interesting films.
Mystic Fire Video: an outstanding variety of movies sold here.
adherents.com/movies: a guide to faith-based movies.
The Arts and Faith 100: 100 spiritually significant films — leans toward Christianity.
Filmmakers with a Spiritual Sensibility
Poetry in Motion Films: A site featuring the first work by two new filmmakers — a spiritual documentary, “Closer than Close: A Portrait of Seeking and Finding Our True Self.”
Lo Pham: — a spiritually oriented filmmaker.
Some films you might have overlooked
Books
Movie Nights:
25 Movies to Spark Spiritual Discussions With Your Teen
by Gareth Higgins
Tyndale House Publishers. 2002
Softcover
ISBN 1589970837
Movie Nights for Teens:
25 More Movies to Spark Spiritual Discussions with Your Teen
by Gareth Higgins
Focus on the Family Publishing, 2005
Softcover:180 pages
ISBN 1589972155
How Movies Helped Save My Soul:
Finding Spiritual Fingerprints in Culturally Significant Films
by Gareth Higgins
Relevant Books, 2003
Softcover: 256 pages
ISBN 0971457697
Finding God in the Dark:
Taking the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius to the Movies
by John Pungente
Novalis Press (CN), 2004
Hardcover/Softcover
ISBN 2895075190
The Big Picture:
Finding the Spiritual Message in Movies
by J. John Stibbe
Authentic Lifestyle, 2002.
Softcover: 192 pages
ISBN 1860242790
The Big Picture 2:
More Spiritual Insights from Modern Movies
by J. John Stibbe
Authentic Lifestyle, 2003
Softcover,
ISBN 1860244416
Passion for the Movies:
Spiritual Insights from Contemporary Films
by J. John Stibbe
Paternoster Publishing, 2005
Softcover,
ISBN 1860245161
The Force Is With You:
Mystical Movie Messages That Inspire Our Lives
by Stephen Simon
Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 2002
Softcover,
ISBN 1571743499
Spiritual Cinema:
A Guide to Movies That Inspire, Heal, and Empower Your Life
by Stephen Simon; Gay Hendricks
Hay House., 2005
Softcover
ISBN 1401907024
Would you like to discover a new world of movies that expands your mind, warms your heart, and stirs your soul? If so, this book is sure to become a valuable resource for you. Here you will find a treasure trove of films that inspire you and celebrate every aspect of the human spirit.
Spiritual Cinema asks the big questions about life and living: Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we bound? and What can we become when we live at our highest level of potential? This book can light your path to hundreds of hours of inspiration and wisdom!
Stephen Simon is a veteran producer whose distinguished career includes the Presidency of two major production companies and the development and production of a myriad of well-known films such as: Smokey and the Bandit, The Goodbye Girl,The Electric Horseman, Somewhere in Time, the Academy Award winning What Dreams May Come, and the Emmy-nominated Lifetime movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story.
He is also author of the definitive work The Force is With You: Mystical Movie Messages that Inspire Our Lives, published by Walsch Books, an imprint of Hampton Roads. Simon is also co-founder of
The Spiritual Cinema Circle.
Recognizing the powerful effect - both positive and negative - that the media has upon our culture, Simon has become the leading spokesperson for a new genre he has coined as “Spiritual Cinema.”
Spiritual Cinema examines who we are and why we are here and illuminates the human condition through stories and images that inspire us to explore that what we can be as a humanity when we operate at our very best.
Spiritual Cinema reflects our beliefs and values and illustrates their impact upon our lives and our society. In this context, spiritual refers not to religion but to the unseen divine essence that is life force itself.
History has revealed that individuals or cultures that lose their connection to this essence become devoid of love, respect and compassion.