The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) is Martin Scorsese's drama, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Willem Dafoe plays Jesus as a Judean carpenter who is only beginning to suspect what he is.

Judas (Harvey Keitel) wants a revolt against Rome. Jesus keeps choosing love over the sword, even as the role of savior tears at him. The story builds to one wild question, posed while he hangs on the cross: what if he could climb down and live an ordinary life instead — a wife, children, old age in a quiet garden? Barbara Hershey plays Mary Magdalene. This is a film about doubt, not a retelling of scripture.

Scorsese adapted the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, with a score by Peter Gabriel. Its 1988 release drew protests and boycotts at theaters around the world, and it remains one of the director's most argued-over works. Stream The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) online on iFILM.