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Key Films of the Third Wave Click on individual films for full details and history. This is a small sampling of the many films from this period, all of which can be searched from here. These films are chosen due to their quality, popularity, or influence. Some are listed because they represent innovations, major trends, or emerging genres. |
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| Come Back, My Son | USA; 1954; Judge Whitaker | Early BYU Motion Picture Studio film featured at the Church General Conference helped secure the future of the studio. | |
| Oliver Cowdery, Witness to the Book of Mormon | USA; 1955; Nathan and Ruth Hale | This Mormon biopic is representative of independent Mormon filmmaking coming out of the LDS theatrical tradition. | |
| How Near to the Angels | USA; 1956; Judge Whitaker | Longest BYU Motion Picture Studio film to date (50 min.), and considered turning point film for the studio. | |
| Advise and Consent | USA; 1962; Otto Preminger | First non-Mormon production to depict Mormons in the present. this film marked a turning point from positive to cynical depictions of Mormons in mainstream cinema. | |
| Windows of Heaven | USA; 1963; Judge Whitaker | This hallmark production of the BYU Motion Picture Studios used the depiction of past Mormon trials of faith and finances to inspire current-day faith in the principle of tithing. | |
| Man’s Search for Happiness | USA; 1964; Judge Whitaker | Viewed by 5 million at the 1964 World's Fair in New York and ran for decades at Church visitor centers. A defining institutional Mormon film. | |
| Mahlzeiten | West Germany; 1967; Edgar Reitz | This Mormon-themed existential tragedy was the second film of the German New Cinema movement and was widely viewed in Europe. | |
| The Three Witnesses | USA; 1968; Judge Whitaker | This film about early Book of Mormon witnesses was widely circulated (among Mormons) . | |
| Johnny Lingo | USA; 1969; Judge Whitaker | Film about self-worth based on a Catholic story turned into a cult Mormon classic about the "eight cow woman." | |
| Pioneers in Petticoats | USA; 1969; Judge Whitaker | First institutional film focused on young women, commemorated centennnial of the YW auxiliary. | |
| Paint Your Wagon |
USA; 1969; Joshua Logan | Polyandry puts comic twist on Mormon element in this well known mainstream western / musical starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. | |
| Ice Cream and Elevators | USA; 1971; Robert Starling, Dean Stubbs | This romantic comedy inaugurated student films made at Brigham Young University; premiered to 6,000. | |
| The Church in Action |
USA; 1970-1999; David Jacobs | Serious effort to document Church activities in a series of annual documentary films. | |
| The Lost Manuscript | USA; 1974; Judge Whitaker | Historical narrative focusing on dramatic events surrounding the translation of the Book of Mormon. Circulated widely among Mormons. | |
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