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Mainstream Hollywood films that support atheism? Movies about atheism?

Originally from: http://www.rationalresponders.com/atheism_movies

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The Wizard of Oz - The classic Wizard of Oz is a tremendously pro-Atheist movie.  Wandering people with no brain, courage, home or heart seek out heaven at the Emerald City.  When God is revealed to be nothing more than a man behind the curtain people are granted their brain, heart, home and courage because they didn't need religion but got it when they lost their superstition.

Inherit the Wind - A school teacher gets arrested, and must stand trail for teaching the theory of evolution in school.

Contact: Jodie Foster plays an agnostic atheist scientist looking for signs of alien life.  The religious counterpart is viewed as anti-science because of ideology.

Straw Dogs (the remake) - An open Atheist and his wife from L.A. move to a small southern town in the bible belt and face harassment.

Monty Python's Life of Brian - which parodies the birth of Christianity.

300 - a freethinking theme in: "This day we rescue a world from mysticism and tyranny and usher in a world brighter than anything we can imagine..."

The God Who Wasn't There

A documentary by Brian Flemming about the lack of evidence for Jesus Christ. In the movie you learn about the long gap between when Jesus lived and when he was written about. The movie was distributed for free in a Blasphemy Challenge that asked users to commit an unforgivable sin in exchange.

Religulous - Bill Maher explores religion around the world.

Planet of the Apes (The original) - Turns the scopes monkey trial upside down, and explores the relationship between man and ape in a very dark and twisted way. Makes subtle references to religion and evolution.

Serenity - based on the Firefly TV series.  I wouldn't say it's pro-atheist, but it definitely paints a universe in which religion has changed, and to a large degree, been marginalized.  The main hero is an ex-Christian who has become self reliant and now opposes the oppressive "thought police" style government.  His non-Christian status is not thrown at you all the time, but you can't watch the movie or the series without noticing it.

Red State

A fanatic group of Christians kidnap some local teenage boys. (Not sure if this could be consider an Atheist film, but it does show how crazy religion can make some people)</p>

Blade Runner

The replicants come to earth to seek out their creator.

The Crucible

Dramatic retelling of the Salem witch trials.

The Magdaline Sisters - based upon the real story of women who were enslaved by the Catholic church in the late 20th century.  It reveals that only the power of the church was able to keep these women enslaved and for the community to accept it.

Deliver us From Evil – A documentary about a pedophile priest from California.

Elmer Gantry -- Tells the story of a fast talking salesman turned into a con man preacher.

Altered States

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2001 A Space Odyssey

Heart of the Beholder

The Handmaid's Tale – Following a war where WMD have rendered most women sterile, the USA has become the theistic Republic of Gilead. The few women believed to be fertile are forced into sexual slavery for the nation's elite in an attempt to restart the population.

The Truman Show – The director will go to any length, including impersonating god to keep the protagonist in the dark over what is really going on.

The Wicker Man – A police officer goes to a remote island to investigate a case of a missing girl. When he gets there he finds that the island has reinvented an ancient religion. Do not get the Nick Cage version. Watch the 1973 version starring Christopher Lee.

The Invention of Lying

staring Ricky Gervais was a good comedy and highlights the stupidity and gullibility of unquestioning masses.

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-War on science (BBC horizon)

-Chocolat

-Dogma - pokes fun at religion 

-Dirty Pictures

- Richard Dawkins "The Root of Evil" 

    - "The Enemies of Reason"

Agora

Moolaade

The stoning of Soraya M

Creation (that Charles Darwin movie)

8: the Mormon Proposition

A Jihad for Love

For the Bible tells me so

Marjoe

Constantine's Sword

The Sivas Massacre

Generation Jihad

-Amen (2002)

-Priest (1995)

-The Name of the Rose (1986)

-Wise Blood (1979)

-The Most Hated Family in America (2008) [Really hard to sit through]

-The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

-BBC Panorama: British Schools, Islamic Rules

-BBC: Vatican, The hidden world

Judgment Day: Intelligent design on trial (Nova documentary)

'Through the wormhole' first episode, 'Is there a God' Other episodes are also very interesting.

'Penn & Teller - Bullshit' S1 E1 - Talking to the dead, S1 E8 - Creationism, S2 E6 - The Bible, S3 E6 - Holier than thou, S3 E12 - Signs from heaven, S5 E5 - Exorcism, S7 E2 - Astrology, S7 E10 - The Vatican.

-Ken Miller on Intelligent Design

-Sam Harris - Believing the unbelievable

-Any of the Intelligence Squared Debates on the subject

"The four horsemen" - discussion between the four most prominent atheists of the moment: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris