Barbara Hershey in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

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People tend to label an ostentatious sufferer as a person with a "Christ complex", meaning that the annoying pain-bearer seems to attach some importance to assembling an audience to stand witness as he tacks himself up on his own cross. In contrast, as evidenced by The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Jesus of Nazareth led a relatively productive life, with some unpleasant bits there at the end. Adapted from the classic novel of the same name by Greek literary master Nikos Kazantzakis, Last Temptation dares to consider the Christian savior’s life as an actual man, imbued with all a common mortal’s needs and desires, and on top of that possessed by the divine spirit that will compel him to his destiny as eternal redeemer. The Last Temptation of Christ gives some idea of what it would be like to walk for an hour or so in the sandals of Jesus.