Top 100 and Top 25 Lists

Between 2004 and 2021, readers at the Arts & Faith discussion board voted on their choices for the Top 100 “Spiritually Significant” films. (The “Spiritually Significant” label was dropped for a time, making it simply the Top 100 films for readers of Arts & Faith. It has been added back to clarify the lists’ distinctive qualifies, even if readers might disagree as to what makes a film spiritually significant. Below are links to various iterations of the list from most recent (2021) to oldest.

In some years when no new Top 100 list was made, voters instead created a Top 25 list of films that focused on a particular theme. Those lists are also archived here, although write-ups have sometimes appeared at other sites as well.

The 2022 Top 25 Movie Musicals List

The 2020 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films List — This list was limited to one film per director.

The 2019 Top 25 Films on Growing Older List

The 2017 Top 25 Films on Waking Up List

The 2016 Top 25 Films on Mercy List

The 2015 Top 25 Films on Memory List

The 2014 Top 25 Divine Comedies List

The 2013 Top 25 Film on Marriage List

The 2012 Top 25 Road Films List

The 2011 Top 25 Horror Films List

The 2011 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

The 2010 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

The 2006 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

The 2005 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films

The 2004 Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films (Unranked List)