The Way (Tubi) If youвЂ™re not emotionally drained after that and have a few tears left in you, then why not watch The Way. Maybe the only reason not to share this one with your children is you might not want them to see you bawl uncontrollably as the prologue draws to a close. While most of this Pixar effort is a rollicking adventure set in the Amazon forest, its first 15 minutes is perhaps cinemaвЂ™s most perfect portrayal of the sometimes large, but more often small sacrifices married couples lovingly make for one another on a day-to-day basis, and not just during Lent. Up (Disney Plus) When it comes to selfless giving, however, not all gestures need be so extraordinary. Sometimes God asks us to give all, but when He does, the results are astounding, David Wenham (Faramir in The Lord of the Rings) stars in this simple, quiet biopic of the famed 19th-century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who sacrificed everything, including eventually his own life, to minister to the leper colony living in exile on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Sometimes something calmer is just whatвЂ™s needed, and if thatвЂ™s the case, then Molokai fits the bill nicely. Molokai (Amazon Prime) Not all religious stories require such spectacle, though. If nothing else, the Parting the Red Sea, which took two years to animate, will leave you in awe. With a voice cast to die for and several songs youвЂ™ll be humming for days after, this animated take on the tale of how Moses came to sacrifice his idyllic existence to become a servant of God and his people has become a classic in its own right. However, if you just canвЂ™t wait until Holy Saturday, then The Prince of Egypt will more than tide you over. DeMilleвЂ™s The Ten Commandments has been a Lenten/Passover tradition for decades now. The Prince of Egypt (Hulu) Speaking of familiar, settling in for the annual broadcast of Cecil B.

ItвЂ™s a slightly different take on an oft-told tale, but one worth watching. Eschewing most of the portions of HugoвЂ™s novel dealing with the French revolution, this Les MisвЂ™ concentrates almost entirely on Jean ValjeanвЂ™s 20-year transformation from sinner to selfless giver, initially spurred by a simple act of charity from a bishop.

Les MisГ©rables (Amazon Prime) This 1978 made-for-television adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic may not be the best version for completists, but it might just be just the one for Lent. Here are a handful of films with elements of self-sacrifice to be found on streaming services this Lenten season. However, if we consider those pillars as spiritual exercises of self-sacrifice designed to turn us away from ourselves and towards God and the needs of others, then we can occasionally find movies with a similar theme.

Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving these may be the three pillars of Lent but, letвЂ™s face it, theyвЂ™re not usually the go-to ingredients for motion pictures.

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