Top 10 Masked Political Messages in Film

[@SpongicX]

They got that message from Marry Poppins all wrong. It's not saying women belong in the kitchen, it's saying parents need to rely on looking after their kids, instead of always relying on someone else to do it for them.

[@bob14775523]

The movie is really more about the children's father than their mother. Its about how the father needs to learn to love laugh and be in his children's lives.

[@Crasho327]

+SpongicX If it came out today you might be right but looking at the era it came out and I think you'll find that WM was correct on this one.

[@gradgal]

+Jason Kirschner That's true and it sticks! >:(

[@jmanj0sh]

that's what I'm thinking, you shouldn't have a stranger raising your spoiled kids, *YOU SHOULD BE*

[@mikeyf2256]

+SpongicX That's more or less the same thing, the movie was saying instead of fighting for more rights women should be playing their gender role

[@Lotus-Son]

I think The Passion of the Christ has something to do with some religious message. I could be wrong tho.

[@lauriegingell5999]

+ThyChrysanthemum Its got a much stronger message than Avatar.

[@sandreid87]

+ThyChrysanthemum Yes, and the message is that if you can't forgive someone, you should just clone yourself/get a son, and then sacrifice him/yourself to yourself, so that you can forgive the person.

[@jonbon7580]

+ThyChrysanthemum Passion of the Christ's meaning is that jews are bad and that Mel Gibson is a torture-porn fanatic, which could also apply to the christians who took their children to see that awful movie.

[@Adrian.Christ]

+ThyChrysanthemum What? I always thought it was about how Bush did 9/11

[@isaacherrera2337]

+Adrian Christ it had anti-semetic messages thats part of the reason for the movie's controversy

[@DoctaDaKing]

Avatars wasn't masked. It was literally shoved in your face and detracted from the film as a whole due to its incredibly forced message that's been done to death.

[@Ryan-tn4gk]

see. people say that. but when I ask what other movies that have done that, they just give me a blank stare. so I want to see another person's opinion. what other movies do you think that have the same message as Avatar. and why be mad at it?

[@DoctaDaKing]

+Ryan mcmorris Basically any movie/story with the "Save The Trees," "Forest Good/Military Bad," or anything involving destroying nature/native heritage for military/economical agendas. Movies like Ferngulley, Last of the Mohicans, Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves, or even real world events like the purging of Native Americans all have their plots pretty much reused with Avatar under the guise of admittedly good CGI. Take away the CGI and production value, and you have a recycled plot with boring characters, predictable story paths, and a political message about as masked as a Disney cartoon's

[@Ryan-tn4gk]

+mossfloss well I don't think of it like that. I think of it as saving native people and protecting their home instead of using it for profit.

[@DoctaDaKing]

+Ryan mcmorris You'd be right. And it's been done way too often to make the movie any more interesting than the movies its borrowing from

[@Microfoot]

+DoctaDaKing Wasn't it obvious how forced the movie would be when they named the unobtainable material "unobtanium"?

[@Art1_Sec8]

a movie which tells you "capitalism is bad"... it really doesn't get anymore ironic than that.

[@kekero540]

+Geoffrey Barber BUY THE FUCKING TICKET YOU COMMIE PEICE OF SHIT!!!

[@laurencesherrington]

haha i was thinking that! kind off good though.

[@laurencesherrington]

+laurence. S of*

[@Didoh_]

No, there is a part of cinema that is simply about makin money but it is an art. Just because you have to buy it doesnt mean its capitalist

[@Rusherrz]

+Mehdi Nobodys I think it's more the fact that the movie industry is a cooperation in itself and will always put profit ahead of the film. But on the other hand, it's necessary to do so otherwise the film wouldn't be made

[@toshirodragon]

Oh please, EVERY Marvel comic book reader knows the X-Men is a story about Civil Rights.

[@frensplace5576]

Films, not capeshit

[@cwalker6911]

Right? Why did they generalize the message but highlight the civil rights leaders who inspired the characters

[@micah4029]

Avatar isn't masked at all. There's no nuance nor is there any subtlety. From the trailer alone, you could tell it was Pocahontas or Dances with Wolves with a sci-fi filter. X-Men also isn't maxed. It's fairly common knowledge that Professor X was based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while Magneto was based on Malcolm X. Even those who don't know that can easily tell that the franchise is about hatred and bigotry.

[@codster9]

Godzilla is a metaphor for the death and destruction caused by nuclear weapons.

[@kekero540]

+codster9 why cant you just get him to eat a shit some of TNT with a hint of plutonium and put it on a wireless detonator. and that is how you kill godzirwa

[@kekero540]

TheJame5X as his internal organs melt from the inside from 100 tons of TNT or we could use nitro.. no I would explode when he picks it up.

[@sheepuswoolius]

@@kekero540 Godzilla's radioactive, he ain't going to feel a thing.

[@midekongen7233]

I would have included Cannibal Holocaust. It's clearly a critism of both modern journalism and colonizations. In my opinion a truly underrated masterpiece and an one of the best examples of intelligent horror.

[@Stiffkittens01]

IT'S LEGO, NOT LEGOS!!! There is no plural!!!

[@WatchMojo]

+Stiffkittens Happy New Year, Stiffkittens.

[@Stiffkittens01]

WatchMojo.com we are still in 2015. Plus just 'nother day to me

[@johnnyhall4335]

+Stiffkittens There is here in the U.S.

[@nielmadrid9166]

+Stiffkittens its now 2016 lol

[@LatviaME]

"film"

[@SpongicX]

I'm surprised Who Framed Roger Rabbit isn't on this list. That movie heavily reflected on the demand for equality, and how life was like, before the Civil Rights Act was commenced. The toons in that movie were mistreated like the African Americans were, before the Civil Rights Act, where they were forced to live in their own town, away from the white folk, and they weren't allowed to enter late night clubs, unless they were performers. The movie also took place in 1947, which was before the Civil Rights Movement was formed.

[@gordochefe5082]

it's not on the list because the message isn't that much masked like the other movies.

[@loganhoy2265]

Why am I not surprised PETA likes Texas Chainsaw Massacre?

[@haroldfarmer7138]

Now I want a nice juicy hamburger

[@Ultimatecheezeburger]

Dontbanme Rage *Christian and no he wasn't.

[@Rusherrz]

+Ultimatecheezeburger Yes he was. plenty of quotes to support it as well "A campaign against the "godless movement" and an appeal for Catholic support were launched Wednesday by Chancellor Adolf Hitler's forces (Associated Press 1933)." ""My feelings as a Christian point me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter."

[@Ultimatecheezeburger]

Ryan-Beats So you blindly believe everything Hitler says? Being Christian back then was like claiming to be against discrimination today. It scores you political browny points you say it even if you don't mean it. e.g Trump claiming he loves Muslims and Mexicans and doesn't want to discriminate them.

[@Rusherrz]

Ultimatecheezeburger That's the problem, all we have to go on are quotes from mein Kampf, private conversations and speeches. There are no pieces of evidence that proves he was not a Christian, so we go by what we do have which are his quotations which say he was a Christian.

[@ESOmike]

What about "the purge" and "in Time" The hidden political message behind both films was pretty much highlighting the different luxuries between the lower,middle, and upper classes. In those movies, the only way to live or survive was to flat out be in the upper classes, while both the middle and lower classes suffered immensely. Basiclly stating people that belonged in the lower and middle classes are worthless (more of a disease according to those movies).

[@RoonMian]

+ESOmike Also Elysium and District 9.

[@tvbnine793]

Well, the purge did tackle political themes, but it wound up being a cheap horror flick, but I agree District 9 and Elysium should be on this list

[@Diamondchicken1324]

Actually, The Purge wasn't. The rich people could steal easily be killed. What's a locked door and security cameras against a mob of angry armed men?

[@ESOmike]

ya, the first purge is a pretty bad example, but the sequel is what got me thinking about it.

[@TheBreadman904]

Captain America The Winter Soldier kind of had political messages similar to The Dark Knight

[@disorderrgv]

I think winter soldier handled the message a bit better because Captain America evolved along the movies. And now in cap 3 cap is fully against the government.

[@DatGrunt]

+TheBreadman904 Yep it did and much better.

[@transfiguration8865]

+I Couldn't Think Of A Username so I made this one There is no political subtext in TDK or TDKR. Nolan has said many times, that he didn't intentionally write any kind of subtext in there, and anything people see, is all just made up on their end. But yes, I do agree about Cap.

[@LuisG633]

+Transfiguration The Winter Soldier is a political thriller so yeah there's obviously a political message there and I agree, that movie is actually about the war on terror but is it masked like the title of this videos says? The Dark Knight is a crime drama and I never felt like it was about the war on terror at all (even 'masked') so I highly disagree with watchmojo putting it on this list.

[@Mrtapiocable78]

When a republic starts to fall into a totalitarian state ( like after the 09/11 in the US ) - Star Wars prequel

[@AntonyTheGod]

Mrtapiocable78 Fucking yessss

[@perihelion8473]

Joker is "like a terrorist"? No, he IS a terrorist...

[@alissa6]

+Chin Chin Western people believe that if you're wearing a suit, you're not terrorist.

[@perihelion8473]

+Omar Alissa sadly true

[@whathell6t]

+Chin Chin Is the Joker is an archarist or a terrorist in the overall Batman franchise?

[@thebobsterjones]

+whathell6t You can be both, and he is.

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

Avatar's anti-colonialist message is really weak

[@Ebb0Productions]

+Racist Bassist Oh? It was the only thing i took from that movie.

[@ilovemiffy888]

+eggo That was the only thing I understood from that movie

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

eggo yeah, because it is all it has

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

claire beard nein

[@CPTAwesome9000]

Colonialism drives progress. Same with imperialism, without them a lot of inventions would be here. We need it from time to time. Fuck other species humans are better

[@montanakane948]

Another top 10 iconic cheese.

[@markthetopfabricator6047]

Top 10 Movies that Revived the Franchise www.watchmojo.com/suggest/Top+10+Movies+that+Revived+the+Franchise

[@OllieMctwist]

Especially with the George W. profile picture.

[@SoldierGryphon]

"...takes place in a crime-ridden bankrupt Detroit." So basically just Detroit then?

[@GamerFromJump]

As if _Avatar_ was even _remotely_ masked, or even coherent.

[@GamerFromJump]

So was the fact that the Klingons took another swing at the galaxy under Gowron in _Deep Space Nine_, an allegorical prediction of the rise of Neo-Sovietism in the form of Putin? Would that mean Kirk was in fact _right_?

[@lulupain18]

I prefer The Lorax message than Avatar's

[@kekero540]

+lulupain18 yeah I feel avatar is too subtle its like a whisper of the Iraq wars and shit.

[@GrungeyMr]

+General noob it's message is so preachy and blatantly in-your-face obvious that it's hard to pay attention to the rest of the movie - Liam Timmerman how dafuq can you say its subtile? its

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+lulupain18 The 1971 original or the 2012 version?

[@lulupain18]

Chozo Hunter I have only seen the 2012 version.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

***** Fair enough, then. Like ya pic by the way. What's it from?

[@matthewdumm4096]

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a better metaphor for McCarthyism in the way that the people in it stopped trusting their neighbors and started being suspicious of them. I think you missed the mark on that one.

[@marcusblixenkrone-mller7169]

Government control, Captain America the winter soldier

[@frensplace5576]

Films, not capeshit

[@randommthrfkr6568]

No trumpturd... its a warning to about white supremacy still infiltrating aspects of our government.

[@mrsolargames2.010]

Should have changed the name of the video for "Top 10 masked political messages in movies for idiots". Most of those were pretty obvious!

[@DrDru-ii8tb]

Even the Lego movie? ்

[@josem.dueneztinoco2388]

+Dr. Dru That was deep.

[@303Thatoneguy]

+Dr. Dru you suck. stop that stupid shit.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

+Dr. Dru With a villain name like "Lord Business"? Pretty darn obvious....

[@robertpolanco1973]

@MrSolarGames 2.0 - I think your suggestion is a little insulting.

[@antboy9252]

How does The Dark Knight get beat by Avatar, Planet of the Apes, and X Men? Not just talking about the quality, but how well they mask their message

[@cgmason7568]

You could of just said Detroit because you described the actual city

[@radicalraz]

+Mason Wedel Not anymore. The police started allowing citizens to arm themselves, which has greatly reduced crime in Detroit.

[@zyonhenderson67]

+Raz Fiasco WHAT DO U KNOW???? People have guns and no gets fucked!!!

[@radicalraz]

Zyon Henderson Ikr lol.

[@dirtyeggo]

lol

[@cgmason7568]

Raz Fiasco it is still bad look up Steven crowder and his drive through the city

[@MrAJMproductions]

Also gotta add Star Wars Episode III revenge of the sith. Palpatine was sort of like Cheney, manipulating things around him to manufacture a war to gain power. Anakin was like Bush, just a pawn in the much smarter Cheney's/Emperor's game. Right before Anakin fights Obi-Wan at the end, he says "If you're not with me, than you're my enemy," echoing the George W. Bush quote "if you're not with us, you're against us." Obi-Wan responds "only a sith deals in absolutes." I think Lucas was calling Bush a sith and his whole administration the dark side.

[@pocketheart1450]

That scene from Star Trek VI should have won this entire video just by itself.

[@fremenchips]

I'd be curious to know where Travers was getting the message from Mary Poppins as Julie Andrews literally sings the moral of the story in Feed the Birds, plus I don't recall the mother every saying or hinting that she was giving up suffrage

[@Tyler.0v]

what about free will vs. controll in a clock work orange

[@umidontno040394]

No no no . "Planet of the Apes'' had an anti-religion message. also possibly anti-nuclear and I feel like "Jurassic World" had a subtle anti-GMO message

[@marshaeisner]

I don't know if it's in this countdown, but the Wizard of Oz is about the switch from the gold to the silver standard.

[@bopeeplauerent676]

explain please Marsha dear

[@marshaeisner]

Ralph I wish I could remember all the details. It was so long ago that I learned it in school. But I do know that the OZ stood for ounce and there were false promises that the switch to the silver standard wouldn't hurt the farmers.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

Oh man, Wizard of Oz and the gold standard gives me Vietnam flashbacks. Fuckin history class

[@bopeeplauerent676]

marsha eisner that's quite interesting

[@marshaeisner]

+Legoman200reviews Ruby slippers, but the rest is correct.

[@bernlin2000]

6:32: And...the whole audience said "So, Detroit?" lol

[@WorldsBestSpy]

Please do Top 10 Jim Crow Laws Top 10 Deez Nuts Jokes Top 10 Genders

[@milesmartin3910]

Nigga WTF you on?

[@WorldsBestSpy]

Miles Martin fuck off

[@RTJJstudios]

Your cancer.

[@WorldsBestSpy]

+RTJJstudios >With the Moonman picture >Irony Kys

[@coopiespectorallen8323]

underated

[@evingrost2749]

Avatar was absolutely not a masked political message. America/Military bad, indigenous/minorities good. It was about as subtle as a brick through the window.

[@zepedaj88]

No fight club?!

[@acemcbeanpiff]

Yeah, the message in Fight Club was pretty powerful and was well masked

[@FGirao]

Wasnt masked at all

[@hundvd_7]

Still better than Avatar and X-Men. It should have got an Honorable Mention at least

[@BC-mj2vo]

I just re-watched HP: Order of the Phoenix and noticed the resemblance of Umbridge's teaching methods to Common Core. Anyone?

[@xxExeble]

District 9???

[@alexd5637]

What about "Matrix", where we are all a bunch of subjects cultivated and exploited by those with power on us.

[@AlwayzHilarious]

The title says "masked" political messages, but the thumbnail is from Avatar... Those two things do not go together

[@pre-debutera6941]

Anti-capitalist? It's literally a 90 minute Lego advertisement.

[@suryanshsingh4533]

Anti capitalist was robocop not the Lego movie

[@crunchycheese]

What about the pro-environment stance that Happy Feet had? That was scathing at the end of the movie.

[@rashmitmishra]

new drinking game : Drink everytime Watchmojo say "Titular"

[@airmackeeee6792]

Hey Watchmojo you forgot to mention Apocalypto (2006).

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

Totally. Environmental destruction. I also see a little answer to the idea that somehow indigenous peoples are somehow a perfect innocent humanity incapable of participating in any evil.

[@calito44]

Is incredible that no one notice the Absence of Starship Troopers, the film that at first sight looks like a another war movie this time against bugs. But then at second sight slap you in your face hard when you realize that what the movie tries to says to you are the dangers of militarism fed by simple propaganda and slogans over common sense( sounds familiar?)

[@mrbulbasore1258]

Is it weird that I think Marry Poppins is kind of hot now that I'm older?

[@KevinT1149]

I clicked this video purposely to make sure Romero's films wasn't overlooked and to my surprise it made number 1. Glad it wasn't overlooked like I thought it would have been.

[@crisray6789]

More like thinly veiled, AMIRIGHTGUYS!?

[@NeroBlack2200]

If masked political messages in movies were superhero disguises, _Avatar_ would be Clark Kent.

[@moonman6904]

Everything has a political undertone.

[@bruceduece1]

It's nice to see "Body Snatchers" on the list. I gave a presentation in college on the film back in the 80's. I chose it as an example of high art from the 50's, and when I said that, the whole room laughed. When I was done, I had everyone completely won over! the message was lost because of the terrible title, but critics and historians often cite it for its rejection of the paranoia of its time. When I see the GOP candidates fear mongering today, I'm reminded of this film.

[@johnriddell71]

Now I remember why I like Mary Poppins so much.

[@mikeyf2256]

+johnriddell71 I mean back at that time feminism was needed, now its less so

[@johnriddell71]

+Mikey Fine Definitely, just that that word is so misused.

[@Holunderfaerie]

+Mikey Fine its still needed. and i mean real feminism. because it's not just for women's right , it's also for equality between men and women.

[@mikeyf2256]

***** To me, men and women are equal on all accounts in terms of the law, but I do see a purpose in it for social aspects

[@Holunderfaerie]

+Mikey Fine in some aspects they are not. for example when a man wants to work in a kindergarten everybody will give him strange looks or I worst case think that he's a paedophile. Same is when a woman wants to build streets etc most wouldn't respect it and laugh at her. feminism is not just for women , it's also for men who don't want to live the cliche of a man in sociaty

[@LordNifty]

I figured Mary Poppins was more about the father not being around enough for his kids, rather than the mother. There seemed to be a lot of themes in the Mary Poppins that this review didn't mention. As for the mother: to be honest, I kind of forget that she is a character. Is she there more than the beginning and the end?

[@anujbeatles]

Top 10 Top 10s. Make 11 of those and do Top 10 Top 10 Top 10s.

[@LateNightTableCo]

Everyone seems to forget that LORD Business was also PRESIDENT Business in the LEGO Movie. The creators were trying to show the dangers of mixing politics and business, or that too much of either can be a sign of negative things. Remember that the Octan company made EVERYTHING in Bricksberg: the music, the buildings, the coffee, the security system and EVEN THE VOTING MACHINES. Lord Business is more of an allegory for someone like Lex Luthor vs a corrupt business man like Donald Trump (for example.)

[@Theonlynamenoonehas]

There's nothing 'masked' about most of these.

[@pre-debutera6941]

Star Wars definitely has a political undertone. I personally think the prequels are commentary on FDR and WW2. Meanwhile the original trilogy is about Vietnam, which George has said himself.

[@DasWarVorbestimmt]

Avatar and X-men weren't masked.

[@alejandrocastillo54]

The filming repeats after the Lego review (audio is OK)

[@meterdown]

Seriously? where is the dictator??? I'll leave an aladdin vote for that. ·-·

[@ALucreLC]

Marry Poppins suddenly has a whole new light for me.

[@knightfox2048]

When you look at how children have turned out over the past couple of generations the Mary Poppins thing might just be right

[@djotechnique]

Every Michael Bey film since 2008. Can't wait for 13 hours.

[@FrostyFlameTV]

well looks like i have to hate world war z now

[@ivywells3901]

Why? Being pro Israel is not bad thing.

[@xeagaort]

+Ivy Wells it is if you're a idiot sheep.

[@martindg93]

+FrostyFlameTV it is a shitty film anyway

[@Hel1mutt]

Also, an honorable mention for Atlantis: The Lost Empire for it's masked message of anti WMD's, really took me a long time to put that together.

[@roma5869]

Where's the movie that tells us what to do with Trump?

[@bingbung]

It's called Independence Day. Will Smith represents Trump and the aliens represent the Mexicans.

[@azaelrodriguez3360]

+RevucumberTechUSA you Racist ass

[@TristanJHorta]

+RevucumberTechUSA Well that makes Trump look awesome! And that DEFINITELY can't be true!

[@CrazyPunk17]

+RevucumberTechUSA is there a video about sounds interesting never heard about

[@azaelrodriguez3360]

+That Kid With A Camera So because I'm Mexican I'm an alien?

[@charlesajones77]

The "racism" aspect of Night of the Living Dead is a myth, or at least unintentional. George Romero has outright stated so himself. He didn't cast Duane Jones because he was black, he cast him because he auditioned the best. It just so happened that the best actor they found also happened to be black.

[@duckfilms5812]

In the World War Z novel, it is mentioned that Israel prepared for the zombie outbreak. A few lines doesn’t automatically mean its hasbara

[@orange-gd4io]

top 10 villains loved more than the hero! Someone should really make this list, really!

[@ismaelpr]

I was really expecting Fight Club to be on this list.

[@denniszbona]

What about V for Vendetta?

[@bingbung]

What about the feminism in Star Wars the Force Awakens? Only if you're a woman can you use the force, Jedi mind tricks, and beat a knight of Ren without any training at all.

[@bingbung]

+welshnutta100 some semblance of an argument? It's an entire argument. And it is backed up by this evidence. How did she have such good control of the force and how could she have done Jedi mind tricks, and how could she have beat a trained master of the dark side without ANY training? NONE. And how did she resist his mind reading? And how did he not use the force to push her back like when he knocked her against the tree, to simply push her off the cliff with a tiny nudge? She was too strong.... BUT HOW? No training. Luke had to be trained by Yoda and Anakin had to be trained by KENOBI...... She had NO training. It's just feminist propaganda.

[@Revdiee]

Or you know, she's just a badass. If it was a guy in her role you wouldn't bat an eye, I guarantee it. Goddamn, some people.

[@bingbung]

+Harald Sirve but she was admittedly put in there so little girls had someone to look up to. Without the feminist influence, NO character would have been able to do this, because normal people care about consistency and logic. Feminists will ruin anything so long as little girls believe they are little boys.

[@jonsloan9383]

Well the newest Star Wars movie has the new Jedi Rey

[@Revdiee]

+RevucumberTechUSA So little girls have something to look up to? Yes, but little kids regardless of gender will probably look up to her. While I agree modern feminism poisons everything, Rey in TFA is anything but a "profeminist stunt". She's a character who just so happens to be extremely Force-sensitive. And I also like how you in no way even attempt to counter my argument of you not caring if Rey were male. Good on you, buddy.

[@JCMSvideos]

I was expecting WALL-E to be on this list. Then again it was hardly subtle.

[@riftshredder5438]

Are you kidding? Avatar didn't keep it all hidden, it was so out there in the open, the Blu-ray release even came out on Earth Day

[@kewgardensstation]

The underlying political subtext of Planet of the Apes was NOT "animal rights." The film came out in 1968 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. It was released for general distribution just days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. If anything, the film was about civil rights, not animal rights, with the apes symbolizing oppressed minorities, especially African-Americans. There was a great deal of backlash as well, with many being insulted at the comparison.

[@nelsonchereta816]

A guy decides to take three different women out to see a re-release of Snow White. After each date he asks the woman he is with what she thinks. The first tells him it was a story about how the world can some times punish people who are special and stand out from the crowd. The second tells him it's just a typical fairy tale meant to re-enforce the usual morals. True love wins out, good triumphs over evil etc. The third rails against it claiming it is anti-feminist propaganda. The ideal for women is that they be pure, kind, and beautiful. The one woman who tries to wield actual power is painted as evil. Snow White's enemy is another woman, and her problems are not solved by her own strengths, but she is instead rescues by a man. When the man is asked what he thinks he answers it's an example of what a man has to do to be with a beautiful woman. He has to be a handsome prince who is strong capable and willing to do whatever he has to for the woman he wants. If he happens to be a stumpy little dwarf then he is good enough to help her, but no matter how much he may care or how hard he may work he has no hope of being with her at the end. If you want the girl you have to be a handsome prince, if you're a dwarf you're getting friend zoned. All stories are open to interpretation. The moral often comes from the audience not the author. That's what fairy tales and classics are always being retold.

[@calhooey3062]

I really enjoyed this list. Thanks for posting!

[@clydefrosch]

i've never ever heard anyone argue that lego movie has an anti-copyright message

[@mytmouse57]

"Avatar," "Dances With Wolves" and "The Last Samurai" are essentially the same movie.

[@Collsy100]

Okay, so I wasn't alone in that reading of "Mary Poppins." That's validating.

[@netsirk6]

The Dark Night is one of my favorite movies, I didn't notice that political parallel when I watched it though, I think it's a bit of a reach. But when I watch it again, maybe I'll see it.

[@nicholassmalley1]

Yeah, there was nothing "THINLY VEILED" about Avatar. Also that movie was a rip off of Pocahontas and Fergully

[@TheAsdfrid]

movie No Escape has the biggest message. When Owen wilson and Pierce Brosnan were standing on the roof top while hiding in night, there conversation has a very dark political message. Pardon my english

[@nunyuhbusiness9016]

Hotel Transylvania 2 definitely should've been at least #2 on that list. They have the whole "if you don't accept other peoples lifestyles you're a monster" theme going on pretty strong.

[@andrewjones6763]

Happy Feet. That movie will mess your head up. It covers over fishing, Catholic church, being gay, being different, littering in our oceans, animals in captivity, and a few other things. Watch it again with this in mind.

[@benkata]

"Good Night, Good Luck" was really about George W Bush

[@blueberrypanquakes]

What's kind of ironic about The Body Snatchers - the original novel was criticized by some for being too anti-communist, too supportive of McCarthyism -- and by others for being negative toward conformity in capitalist society.

[@TheBourn1ad]

Aliens was about the Vietnam War, Captain America winter soldier was anti Jingoism, and the Matrix was against censering the internet.

[@JonnySuite13]

Very good! I never thought of 'em that way!!

[@sallyjones1435]

There are actually 2 red scares. the 1st 1 lasted 2 years (1919-1920) and the 2nd 1 lasted a decade (1947-1957).

[@StanleyButton]

A few years ago the producer of Dawn of the Dead filed a lawsuit against Capcom for ripping of his film to make Dead Rising. The judge sided w/ Capcom b/c it was devoid of any profound themes that the cult classic conveyed. In other words the video game got off the hook b/c it was a stupid zombie game. Capcom was like "we'll take it!"

[@IXILeiFIXI]

Strange how V for Vendetta didn't make the list

[@adeadlyname]

Godzilla should be no.1 It was a great message at the time for people to realize the consequence of using weapons of mass destruction

[@0fficialdregs]

i notice the Avatar message the first few seconds when the battle started. Had tears because i knew what that message is/was.

[@rhysthomas7957]

Avatar's "masked" message was pretty much slapping me across the face throughout the entire film.

[@denariuswright8284]

thats awesome: Martin Luther King influence vs Malcom X influence

[@Novakane78]

the political message in Avatar was not thinly veiled it was in your face

[@JimJWalker]

One of my favorite political movies is the 1975 movie "Moonrunners", a prequel to "Dukes of Hazard". This movie is a microcosm of power and corruption mixed Southern honor. My favorite quote was when Uncle Jessie said his family's moonshine business has toiled versus "The British, The Yankees, The Confederates, and now the Federal Government".

[@davidn9874]

What's with the background music, feel like I'm at a rave

[@marcuscrescenzo8729]

Avatar can literally be described as "dances with smurfs"

[@ahmedliunin]

Whats the name of the track playing in the background?