100 Movies Every Catholic Should See #100: Ben-Hur (1959)

Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, and Haya Harareet.

*spoilers ahead*

Once upon a time, Hollywood made good Christian movies.

Before Hollywood decided it had to be the arbiter of taste for the American public, molding its politics and morality in the image of Californication, it sometimes actually listened to what the denizens of Middle America wanted in their films.

And America wanted Ben-Hur.