It’s now 2016, a new year and a time to look forward to some great new Christian film releases. 2015 saw the release of some awesome Christian films including Do You Believe?, Beyond The Mask, War Room and Woodlawn, so we have put together a list of a few Christian films to look forward to this year.
The Masked Saint – January 8th 2016 (US)
The Masked Saint follows the journey of former professional wrestler Chris Samuels, who retires from the ring to settle down as a small town pastor. When the pastor witnesses rampant problems in the community, he decides to moonlight as a masked vigilante fighting the injustice. While facing crises at home and at the church, the Pastor must evade the police and somehow reconcile his secret, violent identity with his calling as a pastor. The film is inspired by the real life story of Chris Whaley.
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RISEN – February 19th 2016 (US), March 18th 2016 (UK)
RISEN follows Clavius, a high-ranking Roman military tribune and his aide Lucius who are instructed by Pontius Pilate to ensure that Jesus’ radical followers don’t steal His body and claim resurrection. When the body goes missing within days, Clavius’ mission is to find the body, dispel rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. RISEN is the epic re-telling of Jesus’ resurrection as seen through the eyes of an unbeliever.
Miracles From Heaven – March 18th 2016 (US)
Miracles From Heaven is based on the incredible and emotional true story of the Beam family. When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution.
After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified, her family restored and their community inspired.
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God’s Not Dead 2 – April 1st 2016 (US)
God’s Not Dead 2, the follow-up to the most successful independent faith film of 2014, takes place in the hometown of Hadleigh University, but the action shifts from a college campus to a courtroom, where a Christian teacher is dragged before a judge for answering a student’s question about the similarities of Jesus’ teachings to those of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. Much more than her career is on the line as a civil-liberties group with an anti-God agenda looks to make an example of her that will remove God from the public square for good.
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The films on our list are being released in US cinemas, with RISEN also being released in UK cinemas. There will be many Christian films being released on DVD in the UK this year including War Room and we will bring the latest news on all UK Christian film DVD releases.