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Theme: God

God refers to a monotheistic deity commonly assumed in religious practice to be the creator of the universe and ruler of Heaven and the afterlife. This concept of God is most commonly one that derived from Judaeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. Worldviews and mythologies that feature multiple gods are discussed under Gods and Deities.

The common depiction is of God as a fatherly figure – an old man in a beard. That said, there have been plentiful variants on this on screen including God as a woman, African-American or as an unassuming everyday figure.

God occasionally turns up in assorted Light Fantasy offerings and comedies, most notedly George Burns in Oh, God! (1977) and sequels, or Morgan Freeman in Bruce Almighty (2003) and sequel. Usually God is a supporting character or will make a surprise appearance or be revealed to have been aiding events behind the scenes in some way.

There are also a number of other works in a far more irreverent, satirical or gonzo vein or even at times downright blasphemous. God can also make unexpected appearances or else be encountered in visions or drug hallucinations.


The Acid House (1998)

1 May 199913 September 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Irvine Welsh Anthology/Bizarre Transformations

Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Ewen Bremner, Jemma Redgrave, Martin Clunes, Stephen McCole, …
Category: Fantasy

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

17 February 201119 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Manipulation of Fate

Director: George Nolfi
Actors: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival (2016)

8 December 20228 December 2022

Rating: ★★

War Between Heaven and Hell Rock Musical

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Actors: Paul Sorvino, Terrance Zdunich, Emilie Autumn, Adam Pascal, …
Category: Fantasy

Almost an Angel (1990)

9 June 199924 July 2019

Rating: ★

Man Believes He is an Angel Comedy

Director: John Cornell
Actors: Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Charlton Heston
Category: Fantasy

The Big Bang (1987)

13 March 201422 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Animation

Director: Picha
Category: Science Fiction

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

1 June 20015 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Slackers in the Afterlife

Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Brand New Testament (2015)

21 August 20165 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

God Living in the Modern World/Black Comedy

Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Actors: Pili Groyne, Benoit Poelvoorde, Yolanda Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, …
Category: Fantasy

Bruce Almighty (2003)

8 July 200321 May 2020

Rating: ★

Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, …
Category: Fantasy

Cell 213 (2011)

17 June 201117 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Prison Horror Film/Soul Redemption Allegory

Director: Stephen Kay
Actors: Eric Balfour, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Rooker, Deborah Valente, …
Category: Horror

Dahmer vs Gacy (2011)

20 September 20115 June 2020

Rating: ★

Cloned Serial Killers Showdown/Gonzo Horror

Director: Ford Austin
Actors: Ford Austin, Randal Malone, Ethan Phillips, Harland Williams, …
Category: Horror

Dante’s Inferno (2007)

28 May 20107 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Vision of Hell/Puppet Show

Director: Sean Meredith
Actors: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hallick, …
Category: Fantasy

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2010)

15 August 201029 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Twisted Road Movie

Director: Sylvia Soska, Jen Soska
Actors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Rikki Gagne, C.J. Wallis, …
Category: Horror

Dogma (1999)

18 November 19998 June 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Angel War/Catholic Irreverence

Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, …
Category: Fantasy

Evan Almighty (2007)

23 September 200721 May 2020

Rating: ★

Modern-Day Noah’s Ark Comedy

Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, …
Category: Fantasy

Father’s Day (2011)

14 February 201228 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Troma Film/Possessed Killer/Bad Taste Splatter

Director: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, …
Actors: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, …
Category: Horror

Final Approach (1991)

20 December 20099 April 2021

Rating: ★

Amnesiac Air Force Pilot/Fantastic Twist

Director: Eric Steven Stahl
Actors: James B. Sikking, Hector Elizondo, Madolyn Smith, Kevin McCarthy, …
Category: Fantasy

Gas; or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)

19 October 200218 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hippie Post-Holocaust/Gonzo Satire

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Robert Corff, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort, Talia Coppola, …
Category: Science Fiction

Good Omens (2019)

14 June 20194 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Biblical End Times/Antichrist Comedy

Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Sam Taylor Buck, Jack Whitehall, …
Category: Fantasy

The Green Man (1990)

22 May 20189 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Literary Ghost Story

Director: Elijah Moshinsky
Actors: Albert Finney, Linda Marlowe, Sarah Berger, Nickolas Grace, …
Category: Horror

He Never Died (2015)

9 May 20166 September 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Immortal Man

Director: Jason Krawczyk
Actors: Henry Rollins, Kate Greenhouse, Jordan Todosey, BooBoo Stewart, …
Category: Horror

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

10 September 20018 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Black Comedy/Divine Intervention

Director: Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

Jesus and Her Gospel of Yes (2004)

20 January 201522 November 2021

Rating: ★★½

Surrealist Modern Life of Jesus

Director: Alfred Eaker, Cheryl Townsend
Actors: Cheryl Townsend, John M. Bennett, Pink Freud, Kellie Parker, …
Category: Fantasy

Limit Up (1989)

8 June 200229 December 2024

Rating: ★

Pact with the Devil

Director: Richard Martini
Actors: Nancy Allen, Dean Stockwell, Danitra Vance, Brad Hall, …
Category: Fantasy

Macario (1960)

27 November 20132 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Death Gifts a Peasant Healing Water

Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Actors: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Jose Luis Jimenez, Eduardo Fajardo
Category: Fantasy

Mindgame (2004)

24 July 20068 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Surrealist Anime

Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Category: Fantasy

The Next Voice You Hear … (1950)

18 March 202118 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Messages from God on the Radio

Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Jeff Corey
Category: Fantasy

Noah (2014)

12 April 201421 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Biblical Legend

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, …
Category: Fantasy

Oh, God! (1977)

12 November 200213 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

The Almighty Appears Comedy

Director: Carl Reiner
Actors: George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Paul Sorvino, …
Category: Fantasy

Oh God Book II (1980)

19 June 200523 January 2025

Rating: ★

The Almighty Appears Comedy

Director: Gilbert Gates
Actors: George Burns, Louanne, David Birney, Suzanne Pleshette
Category: Fantasy

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

10 May 199924 June 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/The Biblical Exodus

Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells
Actors: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, …
Category: Fantasy

Rapture-Palooza (2013)

23 February 201416 October 2023

Rating: ★

Biblical End Times Comedy

Director: Paul Middleditch
Actors: Craig Robinson, Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, …
Category: Fantasy

Red Planet Mars (1952)

11 January 200230 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Radio Messages from God on Mars

Director: Harry Horner
Actors: Peter Graves, Marvin Miller, Morris Ankrum
Category: Science Fiction

Second Time Lucky (1984)

25 January 20038 June 2021

Rating: 0­

Adam and Eve Comedy

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Diane Franklin, Robert Morley, Roger Wilson, Robert Helpmann, …
Category: Fantasy

The Shack (2017)

29 May 201727 February 2020

Rating: ★

Man Invited to a Meeting with God

Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Actors: Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw, Radha Mitchell, …
Category: Fantasy

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

31 August 20028 February 2025

Rating: ★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: William Shatner
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Lawrence Luckinbill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Super (2010)

24 July 201122 November 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Schmuck Tries to Become a Superhero

Director: James Gunn
Actors: Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page/Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, …
Category: Fantasy

Time Bandits (1981)

29 July 200224 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Adventures Throughout Time

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, David Warner, …
Category: Fantasy

Two of a Kind (1983)

25 June 200924 December 2022

Rating: ★

Angelic Intervention Comedy

Director: John Herzfeld
Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, …
Category: Fantasy

Urge (2016)

31 December 201631 May 2024

Rating: ½

Designer Drug Causes Mass Insanity

Director: Aaron Kaufman
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Justin Chatwin, Danny Masterson, Ashley Greene, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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