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Atheist Movies

I've asked this on my page, but what are some atheist movies you've seen?

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Permalink Reply by Dustin Martin on October 14, 2010 at 6:06am

Star Trek 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc. etc.

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Permalink Reply by Felix C on October 20, 2010 at 11:57pm

Anyone seen "Religulous"? Good one, more of a documentary. I was surprised I didn't see it posted...

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Permalink Reply by Jared Lardo on November 8, 2010 at 11:58pm

I recently saw Casper again, and I realized that it belongs on this list.

There's death and ghosts and an "other side", but nothing deity-ish. I think that this movie may have actually had an influence that was key to the fact that I now call myself an atheist. It deals quite specifically with ideas of some afterlife, and it was contemplating that topic that I eventually recognized my atheism.

Sure, sure, Dr. Harvey asks Amelia "Are you an angel?" and she sorta looks like maybe she nods, but she doesn't do a good job of it and it's ambiguous what the answer is; she just goes on to say what she says as if to say "It doesn't matter what's up with me, James, I'm dead."

It's not an egg-breakingly atheist movie, but it is spoon-bendingly so.

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Permalink Reply by scotty don't on November 9, 2010 at 10:11am

The Invention of Lying was good. I also watched Creation, even though it was more of a love story, because the main character was Charles Darwin. One of my favorites is Agora.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Burk on January 29, 2011 at 7:18am

"I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls my destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense."

"Ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match for a blaster at your side kid."

Hans Solo, Star Wars

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Permalink Reply by Edster on June 4, 2011 at 2:14pm

Stargate (movie and tv) I am surprised no one has mentioned Stargate (the movie) and even more so the tv show Stargate SG-1. The TV show has a running theme of destroying various religions that were created only as a means of control and the later seasons deal with an invasion of missionaries from another galaxy. The spin-off shows are not as atheistic but SG-1 clearly is.

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Permalink Reply by Grace Fitzpatrick on June 4, 2011 at 3:10pm

It was until Don Davis died and Richard Dean Anderson quit the show. When they brought on Beau Bridges and Ben Browder to replace these two, the show started having hints of Christianity. I was very disappointed that the fundamentalist nature and tendency of the country to be intolerant towards anything perceived as non christian or other than christian managed to leak into my favorite show.

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Permalink Reply by Edster on June 4, 2011 at 2:22pm

also:

At least partially: The Contender.

I especially liked Joan Allen's answer on her being an atheist in her confirmation hearing:

"And, Mr. Chairman, I stand for the separation of Church and State, and the reason that I stand for that is the same reason that I believe our forefathers did. It is not there to protect religion from the grasp of government but to protect our government from the grasp of religious fanaticism. Now, I may be an atheist, but that does not mean I do not go to church. I do go to church. The church I go to is the one that emancipated the slaves and gave women the right to vote. It gave us every freedom that we hold dear. My church is this very Chapel of Democracy that we sit in together, and I do not need God to tell me what are my moral absolutes. I need my heart, my brain, and this church."

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Permalink Reply by Frank Key on June 9, 2011 at 12:11pm

The Ledge - coming in June 2011

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535970/

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Permalink Reply by David Anam on June 10, 2011 at 12:51am

"Agora" is a recent film where the main character is an atheist and teacher in ancient Rome, during a conflict between the pagans and Christians.

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Permalink Reply by Ally on June 10, 2011 at 2:16pm

To be clear the main character is Hypatia - and the action of the film is in Alexandria, Egypt. Rachel Weiss in the main role is spectacular!

I love that this film does not shy away form showing the Christians as an unruly mob of violent self-righteous thugs! ... so not much has changed since!

I HIGHLY reccommend this film!