Forget Hollywood Award Season—These Are the Top Films and TV Shows That Will Affirm Your Faith
Here is the list of nominees for Movieguide®’s 26th Annual Faith& Values Awards Gala, to be held Friday, Feb. 2, at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, in alphabetical order:
Best Movies for Families
The Boss Baby (DreamWorks/20th Century Fox)
Cars 3 (Pixar/Walt Disney Studios)
The Case for Christ (PureFlix Films)
Despicable Me 3 (Illumination/Universal Studios)
The Emoji Movie (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Ent.)
Ferdinand (Blue Sky/20th Century Fox)
The LEGO Batman Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (Bleecker Street Media)
Smurfs: The Lost Village (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Ent.)
The Star (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Ent.)
Best 2017 Movies for Mature Audiences
All Saints (Sony Affirm/Sony Pictures Ent.)
Bitter Harvest (Roadhouse Attractions)
Darkest Hour (Focus Features/Comcast)
Dunkirk (2017) (Warner Bros. Pictures/Time Warner)
Justice League (Warner Bros. Pictures/Time Warner)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Walt Disney Studios)
The Promise (2017) (Open Road Films)
Thor: Ragnarok (Marvel/Walt Disney Studios)
Wonder (Lionsgate Films)
Wonder Woman (Warner Bros. Pictures/Time Warner)
Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie
All Saints
Bitter Harvest
The Boss Baby
The Case for Christ
Let There Be Light
The Promise (2017)
The Star
Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring TV Program
Blue Bloods: “Cutting Losses”
The Crown: Veregangenheit”
Last Man Standing: “Take Me to Church”
Little Big Shots: Tiny Dancer”
The Long Road Home: “Black Sunday, Part 2”
Victoria: “An Ordinary Woman and The Queen’s Husband”
Faith & Freedom Award for Movies
Bitter Harvest
The Boss Baby
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk (2017)
The LEGO Batman Movie
The Promise
Wonder
Faith & Freedom Award for TV
Blue Bloods: “Cutting Losses”
The Crown: “Veregangenheit”
Five Came Back
The Long Road Home: “Black Sunday, Part 2”
The Middle: “The 200th”
Victoria: “An Ordinary Woman and The Queen’s Husband”
Grace Award Nominees for Movies
Erika Christensen for The Case for Christ
John Corbett for All Saints
Oscar Isaac for The Promise (2017)
Kevin Sorbo for Let There Be Light
Sam Sorbo for Let There Be Light
Terrence Stamp for Bitter Harvest
Dan Stevens for The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mike Vogel for The Case for Christ
Christie Peters Grace Award Nominees for TV
Tim Allen for Last Man Standing: Take Me to Church
Len Cariou for Blue Bloods: Cutting Losses
Jenna Coleman for Victoria: An Ordinary Woman and The Queen’s Husband
Bill Engvall for Last Man Standing: Take Me to Church
Claire Foy for The Crown: Veregangenheit
Steve Harvey for Little Big Shots: Tiny Dancer
Tom Hughes for Victoria: An Ordinary Woman and The Queen’s Husband
Michael Kelly for The Long Road Home: Black Sunday, Part 2
Tom Selleck for Blue Bloods: Cutting Losses
Paul Sparks for The Crown: Veregangenheit
Author of The Culture-Wise Family and How to Succeed in Hollywood (Without Losing Your Soul), Dr. Ted Baehr is chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission® (CFTVC) and its family guide to movies and entertainment, Movieguide® (movieguide.org).
Now in their 33rd year, CFTVC and Movieguide® are the largest, longest-running international, non-profit ministry dedicated to “redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and by informing and equipping the public about the influence of the entertainment media.”
Movieguide®’s Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala is different than any other awards ceremony in Hollywood. It honors the best, most family-friendly movies and television programs honoring God and inspiring audiences with messages of biblical faith, hope, goodness, justice, redemption, forgiveness and true divine love.
At the Gala, Dr. Baehr presents highlights from Movieguide®’s Annual Report to the Entertainment Industry, a comprehensive financial analysis of the entertainment business showing that audiences generally prefer movies and television programs with positive, biblical faith and values.
