Religious Zealotry
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    Saved! (2004)

    A student (Jena Malone) at a Baptist school faces ostracism and demonization after becoming...

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    The Da Vinci Code (2006)

    A murder in the Louvre Museum and clues in paintings by Leonardo lead to the discovery of a...

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    Cry of the Banshee (1970)

    High priestess Oona (Elisabeth Bergner) sends a cloaked avenger (Patrick Mower) to slay a witch...

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    Elmer Gantry (1960)

    An Oscar-winning adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel about religious fervor in small-town...

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    Inherit the Wind (1960)

    A fundamentalist orator (Fredric March) opposes a liberal lawyer (Spencer Tracy) defending a...

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    The Wicker Man (2006)

    A lawman (Nicolas Cage) uncovers strange rituals, a sinister harvest festival and possible human...

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    Help! (1965)

    John, Paul, George and Ringo (The Beatles) are chased by religious zealots (Leo McKern, Eleanor...

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    The Magdalene Sisters (2003)

    Young women (Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone) undergo physical and psychological torment at an...

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    September Dawn (2007)

    A cloud of secrecy surrounds the savage massacre of more than 100 members of a wagon train traveling...

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    Religulous (2008)

    Comic Bill Maher visits Jerusalem, Vatican City and other religious destinations to question...

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    Worlds Apart

    The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for...

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    Angels & Demons (2009)

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the...

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    Frailty (2002)

    A boy tries to protect his brother after their seemingly normal father (Bill Paxton) goes on a...

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    Dogma (1999)

    A female descendant (Linda Fiorentino) of Jesus must stop two fallen angels (Ben Affleck, Matt...

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    Jesus Camp (2006)

    Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady visit an evangelical Christian summer camp called Kids on...

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    The War Within (2005)

    A Pakistani (Ayad Akhtar) stays in the home of his longtime friend (Firdous Bamji) while planning a...

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    Elizabeth (1998)

    After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) rules Britain...

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    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    A wise matron (Lillian Gish) protects children hiding from a corrupt preacher (Robert Mitchum).

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    Osama (2004)

    Desperate for money, an Afghan widow (Zubaida Sahar) dresses her daughter (Marina Golbahari) like a...

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    History of the World Part I (1981)

    Bawdy segments include the dawn of man, Moses (Mel Brooks), Nero (Dom DeLuise), an empress (Madeline...

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    The Devils (1971)

    This film focuses on an outspoken priest and a group of sexually repressed nuns in 17th-century...

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    Resurrection (1980)

    After a bad car accident, a woman (Ellen Burstyn) awakes from the edge of death with amazing powers...

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    The Wicker Man (1974)

    A police sergeant (Edward Woodward) comes to a Scottish isle where a local lord (Christopher Lee)...

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    Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

    Jesus (Ted Neeley), Judas (Carl Anderson) and Mary Magdalene (Yvonne Elliman) cross paths in a rock...

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    The Song of Bernadette

    Based on the true story of a 19th-century peasant woman who claimed to see the Virgin Mary near her...

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    Tribulation (2000)

    After awakening from a coma, a detective (Gary Busey) learns a brutal New Age philosopher (Nick...

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    Holy Smoke (1999)

    An Australian woman's (Kate Winslet) family hires an American counselor (Harvey Keitel) to...

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    Act of the Heart (1970)

    A woman is led to the edge of madness as she wrestles between her spiritual life and her romantic...

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    Picking Up the Pieces

    A killer (Woody Allen) tries to recover his victim's hand, deemed an icon after seeming to cause a...

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    Ticket to Heaven (1981)

    The "Moonie" cult of the 1970s and '80s has been cited as the principal inspiration for the 1981...