Jesus

"Jesus" (1999) is a sweeping TV-movie you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Roger Young. Jeremy Sisto plays Jesus of Nazareth; Gary Oldman is Pontius Pilate. A nine-country co-production shot in Malta, Morocco, and Italy.

The film follows Jesus from the manger in Bethlehem through forty days in the desert, the early ministry across Galilee, and the trial in Jerusalem. Debra Messing plays Mary Magdalene, Jacqueline Bisset is the Virgin Mary, and Armin Mueller-Stahl rounds out a cast that gives familiar figures genuine presence. Oldman's Pilate is the film's most quietly compelling performance — a Roman administrator shaken by a single conversation more than by any edict from the capital.

Two and a half hours, unhurried. It favors character over spectacle, which lets the well-known story land as something personal rather than ceremonial. Stream "Jesus" (1999) online on iFILM.