List of films about angels

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Guardian angel Clarence Odbody showed George Bailey that life is worth living in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. Guardian angel clarence.jpg
Guardian angel Clarence Odbody showed George Bailey that life is worth living in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life .

This is a list of films where angels appear.

Angel films are sometimes discussed in relation to Peter L. Valenti's definition of the 'film blanc', a variety of fantasy film characterised by "1) a mortal's death or lapse into dream; 2) subsequent acquaintance with a kindly representative of the world beyond, most commonly known as Heaven; 3) a budding love affair; 4) ultimate transcendence of mortality to escape the spiritual world and return to the mortal world.' [1] Angel films have also been discussed as the product of 'reform ideology' in early 20th century America; [2] as sharing similarities with ghost films; [3] [4] and in relation to medieval art. [5]

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Angels

1900s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Fallen/dark angels

Television series

See also

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References

  1. Valenti, Peter L. (1978). "The "Film Blanc": Suggestions for a Variety of Fantasy, 1940-45". Journal of Popular Film. 6 (4): 294–204. doi:10.1080/00472719.1978.9943446 . Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  2. Caston, Emily (2010). Celluloid Saviours: Angels and Reform Politics in Hollywood Film. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. ISBN   978-1-4438-2269-5 . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  3. Parish, James Robert (1994). Ghosts and angels in Hollywood films: plots, critiques, casts, and credits for 264 theatrical and made-for-television releases. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-89950-676-0.
  4. Fowkes, Katherine A. (1998). Giving up the ghost: spirits, ghosts, and angels in mainstream comedy films. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN   978-0-8143-2721-0 . Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  5. Gorgievski, Sandra (2010). Face to Face with Angels: images in medieval art and in film. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-4220-1.
  6. Ebert, Roger (June 27, 2006). "Elizabethtown Revisited". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved February 18, 2021 via rogerebert.com.