Pelliculae Massonicae

by cinematicus | created - 21 Dec 2010 | updated - 05 Sep 2015 | Public

Representations of Masonry in the movies: movies that contain references to freemasonry, either in passing, or as a dramatical element.

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1. The Golden Age (1930)

Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy, Drama

A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.

Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst

Votes: 14,806 | Gross: $0.03M

To avoid arrest, "the Man" (Gaston Modot), produces a special delegate certificate, given to him by the International Goodwill Society, depicting Masonic symbols

2. The Leopard (1963)

PG | 186 min | Drama, History

100 Metascore

The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa

Votes: 28,806

Father Pirrone exclaims: "You nobles will come to an arrangement with the liberals...and even the masons? At the expense of the Church?"

3. Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror

96 Metascore

A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer

Votes: 235,097

4. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

86 Metascore

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,343 | Gross: $0.08M

Z (1969) When a pacifist and humanitarian speaker, "the Deputy", is attacked on his way to a peace rally, an unidentified man joins the rally organizers to help get him to safety and then justifies his presence by saying: "I'm a mason."]

5. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War

91 Metascore

In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey

Votes: 52,018

two masonic colonial soldiers find alexander the macedonian brought masonry and is worshipped by a remote isolated tribe who take them for kings on account of their masonic pendant.

6. Being There (1979)

PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama

83 Metascore

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Votes: 77,631 | Gross: $30.18M

the character of Benjamin Turnbull 'Ben' Rand (Melvyn Douglas) was given a Masonic funeral. Peter Sellers himself was a freemason.

7. Murder by Decree (1979)

PG | 124 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.

Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark

Votes: 6,592

Plummer's character presents some pseudo-masonic signs to another character to prove he is a fellow Mason.

8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Norwood Builder (1985)

TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect.

Director: Ken Grieve | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Crutchley, Colin Jeavons

Votes: 1,039

Sherlock identifies a man seeking his help as a mason by his watch chain.

9. Aliens (1986)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

84 Metascore

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser

Votes: 762,816 | Gross: $85.16M

Sgt. Apone (Al Matthews), wears a masonic ring.

10. Tombstone (1993)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

50 Metascore

A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.

Directors: George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre | Stars: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton

Votes: 166,210 | Gross: $56.51M

A retelling of the gunfight at the OK Corral and its aftermath. Jon Tenney, as John Behan, Cochise County Sheriff wears a square and compasses watchfob. Buck Taylor, as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson, wearing a square and compasses pendant responds to Val Kilmer’s Doc Holliday saying he has no friends by saying, "Hell, I've got lots of friends."

11. NewsRadio (1995–1999)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Romance

The workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.

Stars: David Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Maura Tierney

Votes: 17,332

one episode discusses a character asking the station's owner for the masons' password to gain favor with a court judge ...

12. Rosewood (1997)

R | 140 min | Action, Drama, History

70 Metascore

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill

Votes: 8,902 | Gross: $13.10M

white supremacists lynch blacks even though they appeal to their common masonic fraternal vow of mutual protection

13. Magnolia (1999)

R | 188 min | Drama

78 Metascore

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 328,401 | Gross: $22.46M

at some point the TV show host tells his partner "we meet on the level, and part on the square"

14. From Hell (2001)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

54 Metascore

After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane

Votes: 164,180 | Gross: $31.60M

it is implied a cover-up is mounted by a highly placed masonic lodge to protect a Royal who is a member of it

15. The Affair of the Necklace (2001)

R | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance

42 Metascore

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody

Votes: 5,595 | Gross: $0.43M

Christopher Walken plays Cagliostro, self-styled "the Grand Master of the Illuminati"

16. The Baby Juice Express (2004)

Comedy, Crime

Desmond (Nick Moran) and Frank (Philip Davis) have no idea what to do with £20,000 in mob money that they acquire. When a beautiful woman skillfully takes it away from Frank, he and Desmond... See full summary »

Director: Michael Hurst | Stars: Caroline Amborof, Nick Brimble, Joe Bugner Jr., Joe Bugner

Votes: 272

the protagonist's father is an active mason.

17. Domino (2005)

R | 127 min | Action, Biography, Crime

37 Metascore

A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Rizz Abbasi

Votes: 69,379 | Gross: $10.17M

At about the 45 minute mark, Christopher Walken is reported to be wearing a masonic ring.

18. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,430 | Gross: $130.16M

Ted Levine, as Det. Lou Toback, wears a masonic lapel pin.

19. Il Divo (2008)

Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama

81 Metascore

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci

Votes: 19,003 | Gross: $0.24M

makes references to the notorious P2 lodge which mounted terrorist black flag operations to pin them on leftist parties and activists

20. State of Play (2009)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

64 Metascore

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren

Votes: 160,390 | Gross: $37.02M

A cobalt blue travel mug emblazened with the masonic square and compasses is visible on Washington Globe reporter Cal McAffrey's cluttered kitchen table.

21. The Pacific (2010)
Episode: Peleliu Hills (2010)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sledge finds the carnage and death of his companions on Peleilu increasingly difficult to bear as Basilone continues his bond drive in the States.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Brendan Fletcher

Votes: 2,270

One of the characters attends a Shriner fundraiser as a medal awardee to promote war bonds.

22. Bernie (2011)

PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

75 Metascore

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman

Votes: 63,434 | Gross: $9.20M

Toward the end of the movie, a Masonic plaque fixed to the courthouse appears briefly in an exterior scene, with people sitting on the lawn in front of it.

23. Pawn (I) (2013)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.

Director: David A. Armstrong | Stars: Max Beesley, Marton Csokas, Stephen Lang, Jessica Szohr

Votes: 7,435 | Gross: $0.00M

Opening scene shows a Masonic temple to the right of the diner, with the lettering "Masonic temple" above its portico and the square and compass symbol below them. Opening credit sequence features a craft symbol.

24. Toast of London (2012–2020)
Episode: High Winds Actor (2014)

TV-MA | 23 min | Comedy

When Steven's friend Axel Jacklin, Britain's best actor at performing in front of a wind machine, dies Steven's agent Jane puts him up for the leading role in a period maritime drama and he... See full summary »

Director: Michael Cumming | Stars: Matt Berry, Robert Bathurst, Doon Mackichan, Tim Downie

Votes: 234



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