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Last Days in the Desert
Last Days in the Desert (2016)
, 1h38
Directed by Rodrigo García
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds, Ayelet Zurer

Last Days in the Desert follows Jesus in an imagined chapter from his 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, he struggles with the Devil over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.
Incarnate
Incarnate (2016)
, 1h31
Directed by Brad Peyton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Aaron Eckhart, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Carice van Houten, Karolina I. Wydra, Emjay Anthony, David Mazouz

The film follows "an unconventional exorcist who can tap into the subconscious of the possessed", who meets his match when he confronts his next case, a 9-year-old boy possessed by a demon from his past.
The Young Messiah
The Young Messiah (2016)
, 1h51
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Sean Bean, David Bradley, Jonathan Bailey, David Burke, Isabelle Adriani, Jane Lapotaire

At the age of 7, when Jesus returns from Egypt to his home in Nazareth with his family, he discovers the truth about his life.
Silence
Silence (2016)
, 2h41
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films
Actors Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Javier Bardem, Benicio del Toro, Adam Driver, Gael García Bernal

Au Japon, au XVII siècle, des missionnaires jésuites portugais sont victimes de persécution religieuse en se rendant sur les traces de leur mentor.
The Innocents
The Innocents (2016)
, 1h40
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Joanna Kulig, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek, Lou de Laâge, Vincent Macaigne, Anna Próchniak

1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps, discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancies during a visit to a nearby convent.
Inferno
Inferno (2016)
, 2h1
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan, Sidse Babett Knudsen

Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital room in Florence, Italy, with no memory of what has occurred for the last few days. He then teams up with the doctor Sienna Brooks, to help him recover.
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (2016)
, 2h5
Directed by Timour Bekmambetov
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Toby Kebbell, Jack Huston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi

A nobleman Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his boyhood friend Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge.
Risen
Risen (2016)
, 1h42
Directed by Kevin Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth, Cliff Curtis, Leonor Watling, María Botto

Clavius, a powerful Roman Centurion, is charged by Pontius Pilate to investigate the rumors of a risen Jewish messiah and to locate the missing body of Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth) in order to quell an imminent uprising in Jerusalem during the first 40 days following Christ's resurrection.
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016)
, 1h45
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Films about religion, Films about Islam
Actors Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jacob Latimore, Ian McShane, Cynthia McWilliams, Quinton Flynn, China Anne McClain

Bilal (Andre Robinson), a bright eyed carefree boy ignited with fanciful imagination and a dream only a 7 years old can conjure. His ability to speak against injustice, a rare gift. On a day as similar as any, this dream turns into a nightmare when the village he lives in is ransacked, orphaning him and his younger sister, Ghufaira (Cynthia McWilliams). Thrown in a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal and Ghufaira find themselves bound to the chaotic wills and wants of the most powerful man in the City, Umayya (Ian McShane). Dreams of freedom and the warrior he fantasized he would become, are kept deep in Bilal's yearning heart. Bilal will soon learn he must choose his own fate, and find the courage to raise his voice. Bilal (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) will challenge everything.
My Scientology Movie
My Scientology Movie (2016)
, 1h39
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about religion
Actors Louis Theroux, Paz de la Huerta, Tom Cruise

After the Church of Scientology refuses to cooperate in making a documentary, Louis Theroux teams up with former senior church official Mark Rathbun to create dramatic reconstructions of incidents within the church witnessed by Rathbun and other ex-Scientologists. They focus in particular on alleged violent behaviour by the church's leader David Miscavige at its secretive Gold Base facility in California, which Theroux visits. The church retaliates by putting Theroux and his film crew under surveillance, leading to camera-wielding confrontations with a Scientology "squirrel buster" team and with church officials outside Gold Base. Theroux raises questions about Rathbun's own former complicity in the church's "terroristic" activities, leading to tensions between the two men.
Indignation
Indignation (2016)

Directed by James Schamus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Danny Burstein, Linda Emond, Tracy Letts, Ben Rosenfield

En 1951, Marcus quitte son New Jersey natal pour aller étudier dans une université conservatrice de l'Ohio, où il fait face à la répression sexuelle et l'antisémitisme.
Miracles from Heaven
Miracles from Heaven (2016)
, 1h49
Directed by Patricia Riggen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about religion
Actors Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Eugenio Derbez, Queen Latifah

Set in Burleson, Texas, in 2011, the film centers on a 12-year-old girl named Anna (Kylie Rogers), daughter of Christy Beam (Jennifer Garner). Anna is suffering from a pseudo-obstruction motility disorder and is unable to eat, using feeding tubes for nutrition. One day she has a near-death experience after falling from a tree. She is subsequently cured from her disease in the Boston Children's Hospital.
Viking
Viking (2016)

Directed by Andreï Kravtchouk
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors Danila Kozlovski, Svetlana Khodtchenkova, Sergueï Bezroukov, Joakim Nätterqvist, Andrey Smolyakov, Alexandra Bortitch

After the death of his father, the young Viking prince Vladimir of Novgorod, is forced into exile across the frozen sea to Sweden, after his brother Yaropolk has murdered his other brother Oleg during a diplomatic mission, and conquered the Viking settlement of the Kievan Rus federation.