--- description: Russell Crowe and Christian Bale will also star in religious-themed flicks later this year title: Son of God: Expect More Religious Movies in 2014 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9cdb71ecf91c51a/698683a71eebf78cee36f9d5/son-of-god-tb_day26d_07012012_ja_d3s8977_rgb.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Son of God Is First in a Flood of Religious Movies  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2014 11:54 PM CUT  Diogo Morgado stars as Jesus in SON OF GOD. Diogo Morgado stars as Jesus in SON OF GOD.Joe Alblas—LightWorkers Media/Hearst Productions  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2014 11:54 PM CUT _Son of God,_ which opens this weekend and stars Portuguese actor Diogo Morgado as Jesus, is just the first in a barrage of religious films coming out in 2014, the Los Angeles _Times_ [notes](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-son-of-god-religious-movies-box-office-20140226,0,1755736.story#axzz2uf36p2e6 "undefined"). The Jesus biopic, compiled from the History Channel miniseries _The Bible_, came out to [lukewarm reviews](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-son-of-god-the-bible-movie-reviews-critics-20140228,0,1996831.story?track=rss#axzz2uf36p2e6 "undefined"). But if _Son_ leaves you cold, perhaps a little Russell Crowe or Christian Bale will help you find religion on the big screen, as both are starring in religious-themed movies of their own. Here are three other religion-themed movies coming to a theater near you: * **_Noah_**, the story of the flood starring Russell Crowe as the title character. Opening March 28 * **_Heaven Is for Rea_**_l_, from Braveheart director Randall Wallace, is a Christian film about a four-year-old boy who experiences heaven during a surgery. Opening April 16 * **_Exodus_**_,_ in which Christian Bale will play Moses in a film directed by Ridley Scott. Opening Dec. 12 \[[_LA Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-son-of-god-religious-movies-box-office-20140226,0,1755736.story#axzz2uf36p2e6 "undefined")_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11725/son-of-god-religious-movies-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11725/son-of-god-religious-movies-2014/"},"headline":"Son of God Is First in a Flood of Religious Movies","datePublished":"2014-02-28T23:54:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:32:58.326Z","description":"Russell Crowe and Christian Bale will also star in religious-themed flicks later this year","url":"https://time.com/11725/son-of-god-religious-movies-2014/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9cdb71ecf91c51a/698683a71eebf78cee36f9d5/son-of-god-tb_day26d_07012012_ja_d3s8977_rgb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9cdb71ecf91c51a/698683a71eebf78cee36f9d5/son-of-god-tb_day26d_07012012_ja_d3s8977_rgb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Bible","caption":"The Bible","creditText":"Joe Alblas—LightWorkers Media/Hearst Productions","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11725/son-of-god-religious-movies-2014/","name":"Son of God Is First in a Flood of Religious Movies"}}]}] ```