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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

2 LIVE POLLS: Favorite Christ-Like Figure Movie

Favorite Christ-Like Figure Movie [20th Century] 

Which select twentieth century movie, film series or extended movie (shown as a streaming limited miniseries) featuring a metaphorical Christ-like figure character is your favorite from the past century?

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/s_c2t2vgV_7FM61Wn-1JXg/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4173707988/

QuickView List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4173707988/copy/

Favorite Christ-Like Figure Movie [21st Century]

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Which select twenty-first century movie, film series or extended movie (shown as a streaming limited miniseries) featuring a metaphorical Christ-like figure character is your favorite from the current century?

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/uGi58l_o5_9uxV00-aKhHw/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4173152880/

QuickView List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4173152880/copy/

Both, these cinematic answer pools are limited to one Christ-like figure character per media franchise with multiple Christ-like figures from the same series being consolidated into a single representative answer choice.

Acording to Wikipedia, "... a Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus. More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures. In general, a character should display more than one correspondence with the story of Jesus Christ as depicted in the Bible. For instance, the character might display one or more of the following traits: performance of miracles, manifestation of divine qualities, healing others, displaying kindness and forgiveness, fighting for justice, being guided by the spirit of the father character, and the character's own death and resurrection. Christ figures are often martyrs, sacrificing themselves for larger causes." 

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Honorable Mention Christ-like Movie Figures

#. Jennifer Garner

Movie: Elektra (2005) Actor: Jennifer Garner as Christ-like Figure: Elektra Natchios
Movie: Thirst, aka Bakjwi (2009) Actor: Song Kang-ho as Christ-like Figure: Sang-hyun
Movie: Transsiberian (2008) Actor: Emily Mortimer as Christ-like Figure: Jessie
Movie: 300 (2006) Actor: Gerard Butler as Christ-like Figure: King Leonidas I of Sparta

#. Ike Talbut

Movie: The Lord of the Flies (2026) Actor: Ike Talbut as Christ-like Figure: Simon
Movie: Pay It Forward (2000) Actor: Kevin Spacey as Christ-like Figure: Eugene Simonet
Movie: Edward Scissorhands (1990) Actor: Johnny Depp as Christ-like Figure: Edward Scissorhands

Movie: Taxi Driver (1976) Actor: Robert De Niro as Christ-like Figure: Travis Brickle

#. Kevin Spacey

Movie: Pay It Forward (2000) Actor: Kevin Spacey as Christ-like Figure: Eugene Simonet
Movie: Valdez is Coming (1971) Actor: Burt Lancaster as 

Christ-like Figure: Constable Bob Valdez

# Franco Nero  

Movie: The Visitor (1979) Actor: Franco Nero as a Christ-like figure

# Spencer Tracy 

Movie: The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Actor: Spencer Tracy as Christ-like Figure: The Old Man (Santiago)

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How about Robert DeNiro in The Mission?  He is put on a cross and send down a river and over the falls while working as a Christian missionary in South America a few hundred years ago.

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@TheOldJalapenoman

Thanks, I agree that 'The Mission' (1986) answer option should be included and I had overlooked that title. 

But, I am opting to include the Father Gabriel character over the Captain Rodrigo Mendoza character, although both exhibit Christ-like figure qualities. Plus, I think the Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) is the character that what went over the falls tied to a cross, not the Mendoza character (Robert De Niro).

P.S.: Since both, cinematic answer pools are limited to one Christ-like figure per media franchise with multiple Christ-like figures from the same series being consolidated into a single representative answer choice. You can still vote for Robert De Niro's Mendoza character by voting for 'The Mission' (1986) answer option.

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I had not seen the movie since it came out and was not 100 percent sure who went over the falls.

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@TheOldJalapenoman​ Same here, I have only seen the film once or twice and it has been awhile. I am basing that on the wikipedia plot and even though it wasn't explicitly stated, (I can only assume the reason being it being a spoiler), it is implied by the sequence of events.

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The 20th Century list has 36 options.

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@Jessica​ Thanks, it is back under the limit now. I removed Franco Nero as a Christ-like figure in The Visitor (1979) and Burt Lancaster as Christ-like Figure, Constable Bob Valdez in Valdez is Coming (1971).

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The Matrix!

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Perhaps it should be Movie (singular) in the title since we can only pick one.

20th Century, please correct:

#5: Arnold Schwarzenegger 

#6: Alec Guinness 

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#22: The The Passion

#23: The Mission

Second list:

#22: Mufasa

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@Peter_pbn​ Thanks, all three errors have been corrected.

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@Jessica​, Thanks, all three errors have been corrected. Plus, I tweaked the titles and questions.

Favorite Christ-Like Figure Movie [20th Century]

Which select twentieth century movie, film series or extended movie (shown as a streaming limited miniseries) featuring a metaphorical Christ-like figure character is your favorite from the past century?

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@Jessica​ Thanks.

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@Jessica​ Thanks for all the help.