Pagan/Witch/Occult Films

[Astrox]

'The Craft' thread inspired me to make a list of movies that touch on Paganism, Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult. Do keep in mind I created this list with a loose definition of the above topics and I realize most of these are pretty shitty representations and should be taken with a grain of salt (like Hocus Pocus XP).

I have tried to include a diverse range of films in this list. And no, I haven't seen them all yet...

Feel free to add films and/or discuss.

Dark Red text = My recommendations

Dark Blue text = Films I want to see

Hocus Pocus
Harry Potter Series
The Craft
The Witches
The Mists of Avalon
The Witches of Eastwick
Witchcraft
The Crucible
Practical Magic
Buffy
Nosferatu
The Watcher in the Woods
Willow
Kiki's Delivery Service
Spirited Away
The Holy Mountain
Stardust
Haxan
Lucifer Rising
The Secret of Roan Inish
Le Moine et la sorcière / Sorceress
La Passion du Jeanne D'Arc- One of the most powerful films I have ever seen. Probably the best silent film ever.
Labyrinth
The Dark Crystal
Legend
Merlin
Return to OZ
Wizard of OZ
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Interview with A Vampire
The Pagans (BBC Documentary Series)
Occult Experience
In Search Of The Great Beast 666
Spirits for Sale
The Pagan Christ

Films Suggested by Others

Pan's Labryinth
The Wickerman (Original)
The Devil Rides Out
To the Devil a Daughter
Queen of the Damned
The Never Ending Story
The Mummy
Ginger Snaps
Onmyoji (and Onmyoji 2)
Eko Eko Azarak and Misa the Dark Angel
Photographing Fairies
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Renegade (aka Blueberry)
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor)
Escape to Witch Mountain
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Prophecy
Dogma
The Mummy
The Scorpion King
Psychomania
Skinwalkers
Underworld
Underworld 2
Blade
Blade 2
Blade Trinity
Pi
What The Bleep Do We Know
The Secret
Necromancy
Event Horizon
The Butterfly Effect
Secrets of the Occult  

[godhi]

What about the original version of The Wicker Man with Christopher Lee? There was an excellent film with Pagan themes.  

[maenad nuri]

Pan's Labryinth. HOMG

also, Practical Magic is one of my great dirty secret films. I own it, and I love it.  

[Astrox]

Nuri

Pan's Labryinth. HOMG

also, Practical Magic is one of my great dirty secret films. I own it, and I love it.

Don't know how I forgot Pan's Labyrinth. That movie is awesome.  

[ShadowSharrow]

The devil rides out.
To the devil a daughter.  

[PurpleDragonsGems]

My mother and I love Pan's Labryinth and Practical Magic. Legend is also one of my all time favorate movies.

Also, you have Interveiw with the Vampire, what about Queen of the Damned?  

[TeaDidikai]

Legend is listed twice in your list.

Never Ending Story  

[Astrox]

TeaDidikai

Legend is listed twice in your list.

Never Ending Story

Ah, opps! Thanks for pointing that out.  

[Boadicia]

How about Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp? Ichabod Crane's mother and Katrina Van Tassel were both witches, not to mention Katrina's stepmother. Crane's mother and Katrina used protective magic on him, and the stepmother used magic to control the Headless Horseman.

Oh, yeah, and the stepmother's sister used magic to divine for Crane.  

[Sivirs]

Are we only doing western magic and the occult, or only western movies? 'Cause I've got some Japanese stuff, too.

Onmyoji (and Onmyoji 2)
There's a whole series of movies alternately called Eko Eko Azarak and Misa the Dark Angel, which is a Japanese take on Ceremonial Magic with some Wiccan and Lovecraftian flavor.

As for western movies and western magic...
Photographing Fairies
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Renegade (also known as Blueberry)
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor) and Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor), although the books have a way better representation of dramatized witchcraft than the movies did (well, and the books are all around a million times better).

I'm pretty sure I know of more, but I'm buried in Calculus night now, so...  

[Boadicia]

sweatdrop I remember Misa the Dark Angel. I hate that I didn't think of it first.

I also just thought of Tamara. The director said he had the featured spell written by a Wiccan to make it seem as realistic as possible, though the spell itself is not necessarily Wiccan.

The anime b*****d!! features a little bit of ceremonial magic (though I use the term loosely) in the first two episodes. All magic after that is typically showy, but I like the anime. The beginning of Fate/Stay Night also featured some ceremonial stuff.  

[TeaDidikai]

Should there be a second list for TV shows?  

[blindfaith^_^]

What about Escape to Witch Mountain or Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Also with the Wicker Man are we talking old version or new version/ do we need to separate the two? Personally I'd want them separated cause the first one is great and the second one is ick and I know a lot of people who don't know the second is a remake, but that's just my thoughts.  

[ShadowSharrow]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/

The Prophecy  

[PurpleDragonsGems]

ShadowSharrow

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/

The Prophecy

All three of them.