10 really cool angel movies

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

The heroes of these pictures not only help people, but also pursue their own selfish goals.

10. Michael

• USA, 1996.
• Fantasy, drama, comedy.
• Duration: 105 minutes.
• IMDb: 5, 7.

Michael is an angel with snow-white wings and a dazzling smile. He lives in a remote hotel, wears family shorts, loves women and drinks. Before Christmas, two failed journalists go to meet him. They need to get Michael to Chicago.

Nora Efron's American comedy melodrama came out on Christmas Day 1996 and became a hit with the audience. This is an easy and fun movie for families to watch. John Travolta shines in the image of a far from saint, but a very charming angel.

9. No news from God

• Spain, France, Italy, Mexico, 2001.
• Drama, comedy.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 5.

In recent years, in the struggle between Heaven and Hell, the advantage is on the side of the underworld. A woman turns to the leaders of the convent of the blessed and asks to save the soul of her boxer son. He has huge debts and wants to commit suicide. On the sinful earth there are two angels in female guise: one from Hell, the other from Paradise.

In the Spanish film "No News from God" that Hell, that Paradise appear as huge bureaucratic machines competing with each other. Intellectual comedy talks about complex issues in simple terms.

8. Heaven can wait

• USA, 1978.
• Fantasy, melodrama, comedy, sports.
• Duration: 101 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

The American football player was taken to heaven ahead of schedule. His body was cremated, which means that in order to correct the mistake, he needs to find something else for him. So a football player becomes a wealthy tycoon who is still drawn to the field. In addition, the hero falls in love with a girl whose house is to be demolished by his corporation.

The film was directed by two actors - Warren Beatty (central role) and Buck Henry. The tape won eight Oscar nominations in 1979 and won the Best Artist's Work category. The film embodies the naive idea of a business with a human face in the form of a classic story from the golden era of Hollywood. It's not for nothing that Heaven Can Wait - a remake of the 1941 romantic comedy Here Comes Mr. Jordan.

7. Constantine: Lord of Darkness

• USA, 2005.
• Horror, fantasy, action, detective.
• Duration: 121 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Los Angeles, our days. The medium John Constantine tried to commit suicide: he was haunted by otherworldly visions. But the angels bring him back to earth. Now he is counting on salvation, fighting the earthly forces of evil.

The mystical thriller by Francis Lawrence is based on the comic book series John Constantine: Messenger of Hell from 1988–2013. The picture turned out to be very bright, in places reminiscent of "The Exorcist", then "The Matrix" with the same Keanu Reeves in the title role. The film features spectacular special effects, helped by a solid $ 100 million budget.

6. Angel-A

• France, 2005.
• Fantasy, drama, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 91 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

A petty Parisian swindler does not know how to pay off debts. The crime bosses will kill him anyway, so he decides to commit suicide. Already about to throw himself off the bridge, the man sees a tall girl in a short black dress jumping into the Seine. The debtor saves her, and she promises to help him with all his problems. Is it not an angel before him?

The Frenchman Luc Besson is playing the usual card of the confrontation of an unusual couple around the world. The adventures of a short swindler and a two-meter girl turn out to be funny and dynamic. But first of all, "Angel-A" is a romantic fairy tale, exquisitely filmed on black and white film.

5. Where Dreams May Come

• USA, New Zealand, 1998.
• Fantasy, melodrama, drama.
• Duration: 113 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

A man dies in a car accident and gains immortality. He tries to stay close to his beloved wife. But she, never having survived the terrible tragedy, kills herself and goes to hell. Angels help the hero find his wife.

The fantastic melodrama by Vincent Ward is based on the book of the same name by Richard Matheson. "Where Dreams May Come" is both a sad and touching story, to which it is extremely difficult to remain indifferent. Especially considering that Robin Williams played one of his best roles in the film.

4. Meet Joe Black

• USA, 1998.
• Fantasy, melodrama, drama.
• Duration: 178 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

The Angel of Death decides to take a vacation and spend it among people. To do this, he takes over the body of a handsome young man named Joe Black. The daughter of a 65-year-old newspaper magnate is in love with a guy. An elderly man must help Death settle in the world of the living, and then together with her he will go to the next world.

The script is based on the play by Alberto Casella "Death Takes a Day Off". The magic of this picture led to a short-term but whirlwind romance between Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani (the central actors). The film can be called one of the best romantic films of the last 30 years.

3. Dogma

• USA, 1999.
• Fantasy, drama, comedy, adventure.
• Duration: 123 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

Two fallen angels are stuck in remote Wisconsin. But they have a chance to return to heaven. After passing through the church arch, they will be cleansed of their sins and will be able to go to heaven. But then it turns out that God made a mistake, and this is no longer acceptable. The world is not able to endure such a logical failure, the end of the world may come.

Kevin Smith's bold and driving comedy premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and quickly gained cult status. The American openly mocks religious dogmas and symbols of Christianity, and it turns out very funny. The roles of the fallen angels were played by longtime friends - Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

2. The sky over Berlin

• Germany, France, 1987.
• Fantasy, drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 130 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Invisible to people, two angels fly over Berlin, divided by a wall, and watch the inhabitants of the city. One of the heroes falls in love with a circus acrobat. For her sake, he is ready to renounce immortality and choose earthly life, with all its imperfections and possible disappointments.

"Sky over Berlin" is one of the best films of the German classic Wim Wenders. The premiere took place at the Cannes Film Festival. The picture impresses with its visual solutions: it was partially shot on black and white film, but at a certain moment the world around the characters becomes colored. One of the most beautiful and philosophical angelic films.

1. This wonderful life

• USA, 1946.
• Fantasy, drama, family.
• Duration: 130 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

The husband and father are so mired in debt and problems that they find no other way out but to commit suicide. A guardian angel comes to the rescue, benevolent and inexperienced. It doesn't even have wings yet. If the angel can help out the confused head of the family, he will become a full-fledged member of the heavenly office.

Frank Capra's classic film is based on the story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. For the United States, the picture has become an analogue of the domestic "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" Every year on Christmas Eve on American channels they show this kind fairy tale about how important it is to appreciate family, work and other joys of the world around.