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These movies will keep your video player—and your conversations—going for a long time: the Arts & Faith Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films.

“Religious press film critics applaud Secondhand Lions and Bonhoeffer, but criticize Underworld, Cold Creek Manor, and Anything Else. Plus, more on Thirteen, Lost in Translation, The Lion King, and The Fighting Temptations”

“Director Tim McCanlies talks about Secondhand Lions. Plus: What Christian critics are saying about In This World, Luther, The Rundown, Duplex, Under the Tuscan Sun, American Splendor, The Gospel of John, and the Toronto and Vancouver film festivals”

“Religious press critics say nobody wins in Freddy vs. Jason, and review Kevin Costner’s western Open Range, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Uptown Girls, and Grind. Seattle Pacific University asks What’s wrong with Hollywood? Plus: More on The Magdalene S”

“Christian Frank Peretti hands in less-than-horrifying Hangman’s Curse. In The Fighting Temptations and Matchstick Men, a choir director and a con artist clean up their acts, but Christian press critics are more impressed with Lost in Translation. Plus: Re”

Readers and film critics remember the best and worst portrayals of Christians on the big screen

“Critics consider an egomaniac in Phone Booth, a hit man in Assassination Tango, a vengeful cop in A Man Apart, and a foul-mouthed comic in DysFunktional Family. Meanwhile, The Guys shows real heroes and a good father turns out to be What a Girl Wants.”