15 movies with extremely interesting hidden meanings

2. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Jesus)

One of the outright biggest movies of all time, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial sees the coming to Earth of a friendly little alien who just wants to get home. Simple enough? Well, maybe, but the story draws a lot of parallels with the life of a certain Jesus Christ and, as such, has hidden religious undertones.

When E.T. first arrives on Earth, he is persecuted and hunted by scientists, just as Jesus was pursued by King Herod. There are countless other parallels, such as E.T.’s first English sentence being “Be good” (which sums up the entire Sermon on the Mount in two words), his ability to heal people, as well as his death, resurrection and “ascension” (which, in E.T.’s case, was actually back into space, rather than up into heaven).