4. Secrets of Mary Magdalene
Site rank: 3, IMDb rank: 6
Director: Rob Fruchtman
Hundreds of years of Catholic Church teachings and, later, parochial schools taught us all that Mary Magdalene was a harlot, partly clouded by the pure language confusion of references to Mary in the Gospel. But many scholars believe the key to unlocking Mary’s real story is in the gnostic gospels, which include a telling of the life of Jesus Christ from the perspective of Mary Magdalene and creates a new sense of emotional closeness and authority between the two.
