"Courageous"
Gun Range
Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they face danger every day. Yet when tragedy strikes close to home, these fathers are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, and their faith. From this struggle will come a decision that changes all of their lives. With action, drama, and humor, the fourth film from Sherwood Pictures embraces God’s promise to “turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers.” Souls will be stirred, and hearts will be challenged to be … courageous!
"Madea's Family Reunion"
Prove Them Wrong
Main Idea: A Good Parent Disciplines Their Child For The Child’s Good
Learn dignity. Demand respect.
An unstoppable force of nature, southern matriarch Madea may have finally taken on more than she can chew. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces Lisa and Vanessa are suffering relationship trouble, and through it all she has to organize her family reunion. As the reunion approaches, secrets are revealed and tensions rise. Madea must use every tactic in her arsenal to not only keep the peace, but also keep her family together.
"Secretariat"
Book Of Job
In the book of Job, God replied to Job’s cries by commenting on the majesty of one of His creations, the horse.
Main Idea: The Supremacy Of God
The Impossible True Story
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery — with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin — manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years.
"Schindler's List"
That Is Power
Main Idea: What is true power?
Scene Set-Up: Schindler is having a drink with Goeth and their conversation leads to a discussion about power. Schindler contends that true power is the ability and willingness to show mercy.
Application: Power intrigues us and affects us all....
Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.
“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech businessman Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.
"Game Time: Tackling The Past"
Cause Of The Pain
When winning is everything, what’s left?
Pro football star Jake Walker is living the dream… or so he thinks. The veteran tight end is a fan favorite and on pace to set the all-time receiving yards record that will guarantee him a spot in the Hall of Fame. But when Jake learns his father has suffered a major heart attack, He must return to the small hometown he’s avoided for nearly 15 years. Memories of glory and regret flood his mind as he returns to the family and friends he abandoned in pursuit of his career. Attempting to make the best of the situation, Jake begins reconnecting with the community that once revered him. Surprisingly impacted by the people around him, the real Jake begins to emerge from behind his armor to see that life is much more than the accumulation of personal stats.
"Evan Almighty"
Pray For The Opportunity
"The Adventures of Toby"
I Will Not Be Scared
"Momma's Death" - Forrest Gump
"Don't Move That Book" - The Apostle
"58": The Film
Spearhead Change
58: is the inspiring true story of the global Church in action. Witness bravery and determined faith in a journey from the slums of Kenya to the streets of New York. Confront the brutality of extreme poverty and meet those who live out the True Fast of Isaiah 58 and create stunning new possibilities for the future.
"The Apostles"
Yelling At The Lord
The hardest soul to save was his own.
Eulis ‘Sonny’ Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie. But Sonny’s stable world starts to crumbles when he discovers his wife is having an affair with a young minister, Horace, and Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a softball bat, putting him into a coma. After that he leaves town, takes a new name, ‘Apostle E.F.’ and goes to Louisiana. There he starts to preach everywhere: on the radio, on the streets, and with his new friend, Reverend Blackwell, he starts a campaign to renovate an old church.
"Field of Dreams"
People Will Come
Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his cornfield tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.
"Mean Girls"
Anything to Apologize For?
Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage
"Liar Liar"
Bad Father
Fletcher Reed is a habitual liar, a divorced father and an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He has a habit of giving precedence to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max. But Fletcher lets Max down once too often, he makes a birthday wish that his father would be unable to tell a lie for one day. When the wish comes true all Fletcher can do is tell the truth with hilarious and heartfelt consequences.
"The Break Up"
12 Lemons
In Chicago, an art dealer Brooke Meyers feels unappreciated and neglected by her immature boyfriend Gary Grobowski, who is partner of his two brothers in a tourism business, and decides to break-up with him to make Gary appreciate her. Gary misunderstands her true intention, both follows the wrong advices of family members and friends, beginning a war of sexes… with no winner.
"How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
What Is Christmas Really About
Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who’s, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who’s love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch.
"The Forbidden Kingdom"
Revenge Story
Main Idea: As We Wage Spiritual Warfare, We Must Stay In The Spirit
Main Idea: You Cannot Serve Two Masters
The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.
An American teenager, who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics, makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
"Tree of Life"
Father's Reflection
The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s following the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Fear Creates Fear
Woman. Warrior. Queen.
The story of one woman’s crusade to control love, crush enemies and secure her position as a beloved icon of the western world. As Elizabeth’s cousin conspires with Philip of Spain to topple the throne, Elizabeth’s trusty advisor works tirelessly to protect her from the many plots and conspiracies against her. This beautiful and powerful drama captures the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant Christian, who stood up against a predominantly Popish Europe while maintaining the love and respect of her people.
"A Walk In My Shoes"
Last Words
Ever judge someone just by looking at them? Of course, we’ve all made snap judgments about people. But what if we really got to know them? How would our opinions change? And what if we were forced to become them how would the shoes fit then? Stressed-out high school teacher Trish Fahey cant understand her students lack of effort and why their parents don’t seem to care. This is especially true of Justin Kremer, a popular, skateboard-loving, basketball star who is underperforming in her class. Trish has him suspended from the team and quickly chalks up the situation as a case of bad parenting. This perspective dramatically changes when Trish meets Molly, a mysterious stranger intent on helping her see things differently. When Trish wrecks her car, Molly is there as Trish wakes to find herself living the life of Cindy Kremer, the woman she has personally judged and criticized. Trish discovers that there is often more to the story and learns a powerful lesson that affects everyone she interacts with. Her husband, her daughter, the ex-Marine next door No one is left unchanged.
"Freedom Writers"
All About Color
Their story. Their world. Their future.
Assigned the thankless task of teaching freshman English at a gang-infested Long Beach, CA high school, a 23-year-old teacher, Erin Gruwell, resorts to unconventional means of breaking through to her hardened students. Despite the initially hostile reaction she receives in the classroom, Gruwell uses the writings of Anne Frank and Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo to teach her students not only the basis of the English language, but compassion and tolerance as well. Later, when the time comes to tell their own tales in a project specially designed to explore the daily violence that the majority of students have grown numb to, the barriers that had once stood so strong gradually begin to crumble. When the only chance for survival is to befriend the person who was once your mortal enemy, the world is opened to a whole new realm of possibilities.
"In Good Company"
This Guy?
Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. When the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover, Dan is demoted from head of ad sales. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age and a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch. Dan and Carter’s uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan’s daughter Alex.
"Bruce Almighty"
Give Me A Sign
Main Idea: Signs Can Be An Unreliable Source of Divine Guidance
He’s Got the Power.
Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend, Grace. At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.
"Gifted Hands"
Take This Temper Away
Main Idea: We Are Not Responsible For What Happened To Us, But We Are Responsible For How We Respond To It
Main Idea: Anger In A Man’s Heart Will Eventually Produce A Violent Outburst
Main Idea: The Parent’s Role Is To Set Healthy Boundaries For The Child
He overcame adversity and changed the world of medicine.
Young Ben Carson didn’t have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped grow his imagination, intelligence and his belief in himself. That belief, coupled with his faith in God, would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons.
"Thunderpants"
Fruit From God
Main Idea: Words Have The Power To Heal
Inside every hero is a powerful force.
Patrick is an 11-year-old boy, whose uncanny ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut. Throughout this charming story, young Patrick, although ostracized by his family and schoolmates, learns that his undesirable problem is also unique gift that can change the world.
"The Emperor's Club"
How Will History Remember You?
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
"The World Fastest Indian"
A Cabbage
Main Idea: Dreams Are Gifts From God To Show Us Our Mountaintop
Based On One Hell Of A True Story
Academy Award® Winner, Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Monroe, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. In the late 1960’s, after a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian Motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world, Invancargill, New Zealand, to clock his bike at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. With all the odds against him, Burt’s quest culminates in an unlikely conclusion and remains legendary within the motorcycle community to this day.
"Pride"
P.D.R.
Main Idea: When We Stigmatize Others, We Miss Their Gifts and Contributiions
Reach for it with everything you’ve got.
Based on true events, Pride is the inspiring story of Jim Ellis, a charismatic schoolteacher in the 1970s who changed lives forever when he founded an African-American swim team in one of Philadelphia’s roughest neighborhoods. This film shows how one ordinary person can change an entire community by instilling a sense of hope and purpose within the lives of the neighborhood kids.
"Ten Commandments"
Let My People Go
An Ordinary Man, An Extraordinary Calling
The Ten Commandments showcases Moses, the reluctant prophet, who was the only man in Biblical history to see the face of God and call him “friend.” This special animated version is filled with high adventure, miraculous events and a gentle sense of humor. Condemned to die by the Pharaoh while just a baby, Hebrew Moses is set adrift on the River Nile by his mother and his sister. Rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, he grows up thinking he’s an Egyptian prince. Eventually exiled from Egypt when he is exposed as a Jew, he is touched by God and told that he will lead his enslaved people to the Promised Land.
"Accepted"
Education Speech
Bartleby Gaines is a fun loving slacker who, unfortunately, gets turned down for every college he applied for. So, with a little cutting and pasting, he creates the South Harmon Institute of Technology, and lo and behold, he is accepted along with all his friends. However, his parents want to see the website, the campus, and the dean. So now he has his other friend Sherman build a web page, they lease out an abandoned psychiatric hospital, and they hire Sherman’s uncle Ben to be the dean. Problem solved? Not quite. The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges. Faced with no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a real college…
