The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (2001)Ĭhristopher Walken plays Cagliostro, self-styled "the Grand Master of the Illuminati", while Jonathan Pryce, as Bishop Rohen, hides his personal correspondence behind a panel in a desk decorated with masonic symbols. In a shipboard scene, ju-jitsu exercises performed by Chinese sailors are compared to the initiatory nature of Freemasonry. A list of references in films to the masonic club, the Shriners is also posted on this website Some of these films, while not actually masonic, are included as masonic obscurities. The all-seeing eye is not necessarily a masonic symbol. Because entry to a private club in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) requires a password does not make it a masonic society. That the principals in The Lord of the Rings are travelling eastward and at one point pass between two pillars does not make theirs a masonic journey. Both anti-masons and over-enthusiastic freemasons will find masonic references where none were intended. There is another catagory of film that is not included in this list. Theatre or television viewings, without the opportunity to replay, will sometimes lead to mistaken reports. Please forward additional references, with details, to our editor.
Further reports, and confirmation in the form of screen captures and time marks, are always welcome.
The internet has produced many unconfirmed sightings.
The list contains 110 films from a non-random survey of over 3,100. The following list of masonic references is not definitive, nor are all entries confirmed. The appearances of Freemasonry in movies range from the unremarked and irrelevent use of symbols such as the square and compasses on scenery and properties, to the actual enactment of masonic ritual by principal characters.
Most of the references noted on this site are harmless, simply pointing out that Freemasonry has played a role in our society some are humorous, yet some are disturbing in their associations. Far more often they are merely misinformed allusions from which Freemasonry faces a far more insidious threat that of being marginalized, trivialized, and fictionalized. References to Freemasonry in popular culture range from the vitriolic to the innocuous.
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