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Whenever I watch an awards show like the Academy Awards, I compile a list of all the movies I want to see (as I usually haven't seen many of the films nominated). But there is another source for finding out what were last year's top movies: the USCCB. The bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting releases a list of their top 10 films and top 10 family films. Not all of the top 10 films are appropriate for families, so the bishop's also provide their own rating system. The Oscar's best picture winner, The Departed, doesn't appear on the bishops' list, but the bishops did count best picture nominees Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, and Little Miss Sunshine in their top 10 and gave The Queen an honorable mention.

Meanwhile, The Nativity Story won the 15th Annual MOVIEGUIDE Awards. MOVIEGUIDE rates films for families from a Christian perpective.

PBS's Religion and Ethics page shares commentary on this year's movies from a religious perspective. Their conclusion: Hollywood seems to be pessimistic, but the moral questions raised by the movies are important.