In Retrospect, Shoulda Seen This Coming
- Lethal Weapon, 1987 (Mel Gibson, as Martin Riggs, calls homosexuality disgusting)
- Can’t Stop the Music, 1980 (Decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner joins the extremely gay-friendly cast in a musical based on the formation of The Village People)
- Home Alone 2, 1992 (In return for the use of his Plaza Hotel for the film, Donald Trump does a five-second, six-word cameo [“Down the hall, to the left”] directing Kevin to the front desk, as a way of building up the Trump brand.)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 2016 (Ezra Miller as Credence is under the care of a controlling figurehead whom some regard as a cult leader.)
- American Beauty, 1999 (Kevin Spacey lusts after a minor.)
- Rosemary’s Baby, 1968 (Directed by Roman Polanski, Rosemary is raped by an inhuman monster)
- Manhattan, 1979 (Woody Allen, middle aged man dating teenage girl still in high school).
- EdTV, 1999 (Why not make a TV show where cameras follow people around and record everything they do?)
- Network, 1976 (A television network cynically exploits an anchor’s ravings about the news media for profit.)
- Idiocracy, 2006 (Society becomes increasingly dumber and a moron celebrity becomes the president)
Films about cults
- The Master (2012)