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Portrait of a Figure

Filmography of Jesus of Nazareth

Religious

4 titles in the archive · first depicted 1 BCE

Livedc. 6 BCE – c. 33

Jewish preacher from first-century Galilee in Roman Judaea, crucified under Pontius Pilate, and the central figure of Christianity.

Shelfmark Vita XXX

4
titles
4 films
3.6/5
average rating
across 4 rated titles
10h 54m
on screen
across 4 titles
100%
set in Life of Christ
4 of 4 appearances
4
appearances, all on film
never on television

Compare their 4 titles in the Canons

4 years of an approximately 39 year life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts, against Jesus of Nazareth’s approximate lifetime (c. 6 BCE – c. 33) — 10.3% of it.

Depicted in

1 BCE263033

First and Last on Screen

Earliest portrayalThe Robe1953
Most recentThe Passion of the Christ2004

51 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Jesus of Nazareth cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$59.4 million
in budgets
over 4 films with both sums
$814.2 million
at the box office
over 4 films with both sums
14×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 4 films of the 4 portraying them carry either sum.